στηρίζω
stērizō

Greek verb

Last edited: 2025-04-28
Primary meaning to be in station
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Variants
στηρίζω stērizō
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to be in station astronomical event

Φαέθων δ’ ὁ τοῦ Διὸς ἀστὴρ ὕψος ἀνατρέχων ἐπεῖχε Καρκίνου μοίρας ἕξ (...) ζῳδίωι Σελήνης, ὁρίοις καὶ ταπεινώματι Ἄρεως, τὸ δεύτερον στηρίζων, τοῦ ἐν τῶι νώιτωι λα̣μπροῦ ἀστέρος βορε̣ιότερος δακτύλο̣[ι]ς δυσί, ἡμιόλιός τε ὄγκωι καὶ προστάσσων

‘Phaethon, the star of Zeus (Jupiter), traversing its exaltation, had six degrees of Cancer (... which is) the zodiac sign of the Moon, in the terms and depression of Mars, making its second station, two fingers to the north of the bright star in the Back, and of one-and-a-half magnitude, and commanding’

— P.Lond. I 130 108–125

Genre: horoscope
Date: 81 CE

(GH 81)

εἰ δὲ στηρίζει τις ἀπ’ ἀμφοτέρων κρατεόντων

‘If one of the both rulers (of the luminaries) is in station’

— Dorotheus 5.21

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 1st cent. CE?

p. 397 Pingree


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). στηρίζω (Lemma #788). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/788/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). στηρίζω (Lemma #788). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/788/

MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). στηρίζω (Lemma #788). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/788/

Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) στηρίζω (Lemma #788), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/788/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac788,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {στηρίζω ({Lemma} #788)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/788/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/788/},
}