ζῳδιακὸς κύκλος

zōidiakos kuklos
Greek · noun
Edited by: Thomas Peeters
Last edited: 2026-10-14
Meanings
Literal translation
zodiacal circle
Categories
spatial
astronomical circle
Related Lemmata 7 ›

1. zodiac

1.a zodiac spatial, astronomical circle

Καὶ ἡ μὲν μοῖρα τξʹον μέρος ἐστὶ τοῦ ζῳδιακοῦ κύκλου, ἡ δὲ ἡμέρα τξεʹον καὶ δʹον μέρος ὡς ἔγγιστα τοῦ ἐνιαυσιαίου χρόνου.

‘Also, the degree is a 360th part of the zodiac, and the day as close as possible to a 365th and a 4th part of the time of a year.’

— Geminus 1.8

Genre: astronomy Date: 1st century BCE

Geminus. 1975. Géminos, Introduction aux Phénomènes, ed. G. Aujac. Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 2

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APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2026). ζῳδιακὸς κύκλος (Lemma #672). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/672/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2026). ζῳδιακὸς κύκλος (Lemma #672). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/672/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2026). ζῳδιακὸς κύκλος (Lemma #672). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/672/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2026) ζῳδιακὸς κύκλος (Lemma #672), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/672/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac672,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2026},
	title = {ζῳδιακὸς κύκλος ({Lemma} #672)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/672/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/672/},
}