# Elementa astronomia 2

Geminus, Elementa astronomia, Cap. VIII. Περὶ μηνῶν.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/geminus/elementa-astronomia/2

τοῦτο δέ ἐστι περὶ τὴν διχομηνίαν. ἔστι δὲ ὁ μηνιαῖος χρόνος ἡμερῶν κθ′ ϛ" λγου. ἐν δὲ τῷ μηνιαίῳ χρόνῳ ἡ σελήνη διαπορεύεται τόν τε τῶν ζῳδίων κύκλον καὶ ἔτι τὴν περιφέρειαν, ἣν ὁ ἥλιος ἐν τῷ μηνιαίῳ χρόνῳ εἰς τὰ ἑπόμενα τῶν ζῳδίων μεταβαίνει· αὕτη δέ ἐστιν ὡς ἔγγιστα ζῳδίου. ὥςτε ἐν τῷ μηνιαίῳ χρόνῳ ιγ′ ζῴδια ὡς ἔγγιστα κινεῖσθαι τὴν σελήνην.

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Geminus, Elementa astronomia, ed. Charles Manitius. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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