ἔνατος τόπος
enatos topos

Greek noun

Last edited: 2023-07-11
Primary meaning ninth place
Literal translation ninth place
Variants
ἔνατος τόπος enatos topos
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ninth 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). ἔνατος τόπος (Lemma #738). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/738/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). ἔνατος τόπος (Lemma #738). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/738/

MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). ἔνατος τόπος (Lemma #738). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/738/

Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023) ἔνατος τόπος (Lemma #738), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/738/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac738,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2023},
	title = {ἔνατος τόπος ({Lemma} #738)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/738/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/738/},
}