ἑξαγωνίζω
hexagōnizō

Greek verb

Last edited: 2025-10-27
Primary meaning to be in sextile
Literal translation to be in sextile
Variants
ἑξαγωνίζω hexagōnizō
Edited by
to be in sextile aspect

αὐτὸς ὁ τοῦ Κρόνου σύμφωνον ἔχῃ συσχηματισμὸν πρὸς τὸν Ἥλιον ἤτοι συνὼν ἢ ἑξαγωνίζων

‘(If) the (star) of Kronos (Saturn) itself has a harmonious configuration with the Sun, that is, conjunction or sextile aspect …’

— Hephaestion 2.4.8

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 5th century CE
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ἑξαγωνίζω (Lemma #6370). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6370/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ἑξαγωνίζω (Lemma #6370). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6370/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ἑξαγωνίζω (Lemma #6370). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6370/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) ἑξαγωνίζω (Lemma #6370), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6370/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac6370,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ἑξαγωνίζω ({Lemma} #6370)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6370/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6370/},
}