τρίτος τόπος
tritos topos

Greek noun

Last edited: 2023-07-09
Primary meaning third place
Literal translation third place
Variants
τρίτος τόπος tritos topos
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third place astrological place

τῷ δὲ κγʹ ἔτει Ζεὺς ἀπὸ βασιλικοῦ τόπου (ὁ γὰρ γʹ καὶ ὁ θʹ ἀπὸ ὡροσκόπου τόπος θεὸν καὶ βασιλέα δηλοῖ) παραδιδοὺς τοῖς φωσὶ καὶ Ἀφροδίτῃ καὶ ὡροσκόπῳ καὶ Ἑρμῇ διὰ δωρεᾶς παρέσχεν ἐξουσιαστικὸν συνέδριον.

‘In the 23rd year (of life), Jupiter, handing over (the chronokratorship) from the royal place (for the 3rd and the 9th places from the Ascendant indicate god and king) to the luminaries and Venus and the Ascendant and Mercury, provided a powerful counsellor through gift-giving.’

— Vettius Valens 5.6.80

Genre: horoscope
Date: 2nd century CE


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). τρίτος τόπος (Lemma #737). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/737/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). τρίτος τόπος (Lemma #737). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/737/

MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). τρίτος τόπος (Lemma #737). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/737/

Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023) τρίτος τόπος (Lemma #737), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/737/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac737,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2023},
	title = {τρίτος τόπος ({Lemma} #737)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/737/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/737/},
}