συζυγία

suzugia
Greek · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2026-10-06
Meanings
Literal translation
union
Categories
astronomical
spatial
synodic phenomenon
Related Lemmata 2 ›

1. syzygy

1.a syzygy astronomical, spatial, synodic phenomenon

Αἱ δὲ κατὰ μέρος ἀνέσεις καὶ ἐπιτάσεις ληφθήσονται ἀπό τε τῶν ἀνὰ μέσον συζυγιῶν ὅταν κατὰ τῶν τὸ αἴτιον ἐμποιούντων ἢ τῶν σχηματιζομένων αὐτοῖς συμπίπτωσιν

‘The particular relaxations and intensifications will be taken from conjunctions during the event whenever they should occur upon the [twelfth-parts] that introduce the cause or the ones figured with them,’

— Hephaestion 1.20

Genre: astrological treatise Date: 5th century CE

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). συζυγία (Lemma #6261). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6261/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). συζυγία (Lemma #6261). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6261/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). συζυγία (Lemma #6261). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6261/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2026) συζυγία (Lemma #6261), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6261/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac6261,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2026},
	title = {συζυγία ({Lemma} #6261)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6261/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6261/},
}