τόπος ἀργός
topos argos

Greek noun

Last edited: 2023-07-12
Primary meaning idle place
Literal translation idle place
Variants
τόπος ἀργός topos argos
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idle place astrological place

ἔσχον ἀρχὴν μὲν τοῦ θʹ τόπου· τουτέστι τοῦ καλουμένου θεοῦ· τέλος δὲ τοῦ ηʹ ὃν καὶ τόπον ἀργὸν καλοῦσι

‘(By these calculations) I obtained the beginning of the 9th place—that is, the one called God—and the end of the 8th, which they also call the Idle place’

— CCAG VIII.2 p. 68

Genre: horoscope


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). τόπος ἀργός (Lemma #666). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/666/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). τόπος ἀργός (Lemma #666). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/666/

MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). τόπος ἀργός (Lemma #666). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/666/

Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023) τόπος ἀργός (Lemma #666), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/666/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac666,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2023},
	title = {τόπος ἀργός ({Lemma} #666)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/666/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/666/},
}