τόπος ἀργός

topos argos
Greek · noun
Edited by: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
Last edited: 2023-07-12
Meanings
Literal translation
idle place
Categories
astrological place
Related Lemmata 1 ›

1. idle place

1.a 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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac666,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	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/},
}