Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A twelfth part: a term formerly sometimes used for a sign of the zodiac, as being the twelfth part of a circle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Astron.) A tern applied to the twelve houses, or parts, of the zodiac of the
primum mobile , to distinguish them from the twelve signs; also, any one of the twelve signs of the zodiac.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete, astronomy A
twelfth , specifically each of the twelve divisions of theZodiac .
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek δωδεκατημόριον, from δωδέκατος ("twelfth") + μόριον ("piece").
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Examples
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In the terminology of hellenistic period astrological texts, we certainly see that the constellations were often marked with their Dodecatemoria: e.g. the dodecatemory of Libra is.../has... and so on.
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