τελεία ἔκλειψις

teleia ekleipsis
Greek · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2026-10-06

Literal translation
complete eclipse
Categories
astronomical phenomenon
eclipse phenomenon
Related Lemmata 1 ›

1. total eclipse

1.a total eclipse astronomical phenomenon, eclipse phenomenon

Ἐπὶ τῶν τελείων ἐκλείψεων τὸ μὲν χρῶμα τὸ μέλαν θάνατον τοῦ ἄρχοντος καὶ ταπείνωσιν καὶ λιμὸν καὶ μεταβολὴν σημαίνει

‘For total eclipses, the color black signifies the death of the ruler and depression and famine and change;’

— Hephaestion 1.21

Genre: astrological treatise Date: 5th century CE


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). τελεία ἔκλειψις (Lemma #6283). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6283/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). τελεία ἔκλειψις (Lemma #6283). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6283/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). τελεία ἔκλειψις (Lemma #6283). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6283/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2026) τελεία ἔκλειψις (Lemma #6283), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6283/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac6283,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2026},
	title = {τελεία ἔκλειψις ({Lemma} #6283)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6283/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6283/},
}