δωδεκατημόριον
dōdekatēmorion

Ὁ τῶν ζῳδίων κύκλος διαιρεῖται εἰς μέρη ιβʹ, καὶ καλεῖται κοινῶς μὲν ἕκαστον τῶν τμημάτων δωδεκατημόριον, ἰδίως δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐμπεριεχομένων ἀστέρων ὑφ’ ὧν καὶ διατυποῦται ἕκαστον αὐτῶν ζῴδιον.

‘The zodiac is divided in 12 parts, and each of the sections is named a “twelfth part” generally, but after the encompassing stars through which each of them is also formed a “zodiac sign” specifically.’

Ὁ δὲ λόγος ἐπὶ τῶν δωδεκατημορίων, καὶ οὐκ ἐπὶ τῶν κατεστηριγμένων ζῳδίων.

‘The statement is about the zodiac signs, and not about the constellations.’

εὗρον ἐγὼ τὸν μὲν Δία μοιρικῶς ὡρονομοῦντα καὶ τὴν Ἀφροδίτην κατὰ τοῦ ὡροσκόπου καὶ τῆς Σελήνης καὶ τοῦ Διὸς καὶ τοῦ κλήρου τῆς τύχης ἀγαθοδαιμονοῦσαν καὶ ἑῴαν ἀνατολικὴν, καὶ τοῖς ἀριθμοῖς προσθετικὴν, καὶ δεκατεύουσαν τὴν τριταίαν τῆς Σελήνης, καὶ τὸ δωδεκατημόριον αὐτῆς Σκορπίον τετυχηκότα καὶ τὸν διέποντα τοῦ ὡροσκόπου τὸν Δία κατὰ κάθετον ὡρονομοῦντα.

‘I found Jupiter apportioning the hours (i.e, in the Ascendant) in terms of degree, and Venus—with respect to the Ascendant and the Moon and Jupiter and the lot of fortune—being in (the place of) Agathos Daimon, at its eastern rising, additive in its numbers, and in superior (quartile) aspect to the Moon on the third day, and Scorpio happened to be its dodekatemorion, and the hour-ruler of the Ascendant, Jupiter, was apportioning the hours along the perpendicular.’