διαμέτρησις
diametrēsis

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-10-27
Primary meaning opposition
Literal translation opposition
Variants
διαμέτρησις diametrēsis
Edited by
opposition aspect

ἐπισφαλέσταταί τε μάλιστα καὶ δυσφύλακτοι τυγχάνουσιν αἱ μοιρικαὶ θίξεις ἢ διαμετρήσεις τῶν ἐκλειπτικῶν τόπων πρὸς ὁπότερον τῶν φώτων

‘the degrees touching the places of the eclipse in relation to either of the lights, or the ones diametrically opposed to them, happen to be the hardest of all and the most difficult to prevent.’

— Hephaestion 1.20.36

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 5th century CE
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). διαμέτρησις (Lemma #6282). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6282/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). διαμέτρησις (Lemma #6282). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6282/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). διαμέτρησις (Lemma #6282). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6282/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) διαμέτρησις (Lemma #6282), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6282/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac6282,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {διαμέτρησις ({Lemma} #6282)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6282/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6282/},
}