ἀκρόνυκτος

akronuktos
Greek · adjective
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2026-10-06
Meanings
Literal translation
acronychal
Categories
synodic phenomenon
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1. acronychal

1.a acronychal synodic phenomenon

καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἄλλων παρόδων ὅταν οἱ ποιητικοὶ τοῦ προτελέσματος ἀστέρες ἀνατολὰς ἢ δύσεις ἢ στηριγμοὺς ἢ ἀκρονύκτους φάσεις ποιῶνται συσχηματιζόμενοι τοῖς τὴν αἰτίαν ἔχουσι δωδεκατημορίοις

‘and from the other passages whenever those stars productive of the prognostication make risings or settings or stations or acronycal phases while being configured with the twelfth-parts that have the cause,’

— Hephaestion 1.20

Genre: astrological treatise Date: 5th century CE

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). ἀκρόνυκτος (Lemma #6262). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6262/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). ἀκρόνυκτος (Lemma #6262). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6262/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). ἀκρόνυκτος (Lemma #6262). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6262/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2026) ἀκρόνυκτος (Lemma #6262), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6262/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac6262,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2026},
	title = {ἀκρόνυκτος ({Lemma} #6262)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6262/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6262/},
}