〈—〉 ḥtr.w ‘Gemini’
〈MAŠ〉 māšu ‘Gemini’
〈gemini〉 ‘Gemini’
〈trigonum saturni〉 ‘Saturn's triangle’
〈תאומיא〉 tʾwmyʾ ‘Gemini’
〈תְּאוֹמִים〉 təʾômîm ‘Gemini’
〈μουσικός〉 mousikos ‘musical’
〈Πρόπους〉 Propous ‘Propus (η Geminorum)’
〈मिथुन〉 mithuna ‘Gemini’
Δίδυμοι
Didumoi
Greek noun
Last edited: 2025-05-18| Primary meaning | Gemini |
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| Literal translation | twins |
| Variants | Δίδυμοι Didumoi |
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Gemini constellation
κατέναντι δὲ τῆς κεφαλῆς τῆς Μεγάλης Ἄρκτου ὁ Ἡνίοχος ἔχει τοὺς ὤμους λοξὸς ὢν ὑπὲρ τοὺς πόδας τῶν Διδύμων, ἔχων τὸν δεξιὸν πόδα κοινὸν τῷ ἐν ἄκρῳ τῷ ἀριστερῷ κέρατι τοῦ Ταύρου
‘Opposite the head of the Great Bear, the Charioteer, which stands at a slant, has its shoulders above the feet of the Twins (i.e. Gemini), sharing its right foot with the (star) at the tip of the left horn of the Bull (i.e. Taurus)’
Gemini zodiac sign
ζωϊδίων δέ ἑ κύκλον ἐπίκλησιν καλέουσιν· τῷ ἔνι Καρκίνος ἐστί (...) τοὺς δὲ μέτα Κριός, Ταῦρος δ’ ἐπὶ τῷ Δίδυμοί τε.
‘They call it (sc. the ecliptic) by the name 'Circle of the figurines': in it is Cancer (...) and after them Aries, and after it Taurus and Gemini’
Ἔστι δὲ καὶ τὰ ιβʹ ζῴδια τάδε· Κριός, Ταῦρος, Δίδυμοι, Καρκίνος, Λέων, Παρθένος, Ζυγός, Σκορπίος, Τοξότης, Αἰγόκερως, Ὑδροχόος, Ἰχθύες.
‘And the 12 zodiac signs are these: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces.’
Δίδυμοί εἰσιν ἀρσενικοί, δίσωμοι, εὔφωνοι, οἶκος Ἑρμοῦ, ἀνωφερεῖς, ἀερώδεις, θηλυνόμενοι, δουλελεύθεροι, στειρώδεις, δημόσιοι.
‘Gemini is masculine, two-bodied, good-voiced, a house of Mercury, ascending, of air, effeminate, of freedmen, barren, of the (common) people’
twins creature
APA (7th)
Peeters, T., & Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Δίδυμοι (Lemma #92). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/92/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T., & Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Δίδυμοι (Lemma #92). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/92/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T., & Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Δίδυμοι (Lemma #92). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/92/
Harvard
Peeters, T. and Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) Δίδυμοι (Lemma #92), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/92/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac92,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Peeters, Thomas and Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
year = {2025},
title = {Δίδυμοι ({Lemma} #92)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/92/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/92/},
}