ζῳδιακὸς κύκλος
zōidiakos kuklos

Greek noun

Last edited: 2024-12-11
Primary meaning zodiac
Literal translation zodiacal circle
Variants
ζῳδιακὸς κύκλος zōidiakos kuklos
Edited by
zodiac astral concept

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

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2024). 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. (2024). 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. (2024). ζῳδιακὸς κύκλος (Lemma #672). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/672/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2024) ζῳδιακὸς κύκλος (Lemma #672), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/672/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac672,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ζῳδιακὸς κύκλος ({Lemma} #672)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/672/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/672/},
}