ὄγκος
onkos

Greek noun

Last edited: 2023-08-30
Primary meaning magnitude
Literal translation size
Variants
ὄγκος onkos
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magnitude astronomical quantity

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)

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). ὄγκος (Lemma #790). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/790/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). ὄγκος (Lemma #790). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/790/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). ὄγκος (Lemma #790). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/790/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023) ὄγκος (Lemma #790), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/790/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac790,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2023},
	title = {ὄγκος ({Lemma} #790)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/790/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/790/},
}