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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordSynodos is a coming together.
- In StobaeusThe lunar month is measured to conjunction in the report of planetary periods.
- In this edition“Conjunction” is the established astronomical rendering; it does not imply a physical collision.
- A place to beginConjunction marks a boundary in the stated lunar month.
- English renderings
- conjunction; coming together
Meaning
Synodos is a coming together. Astronomically it denotes an apparent meeting of heavenly bodies, here the moon with the sun.
Use in the book
The lunar month is measured to conjunction in the report of planetary periods. Another report locates solar eclipses at conjunctions and lunar eclipses at full moons. This specifies a necessary phase for each kind of eclipse without asserting that an eclipse occurs every time that phase returns.
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Translation in this edition
“Conjunction” is the established astronomical rendering; it does not imply a physical collision.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 107, 213. The apparent meeting concerns their observed positions. The source separately allows eclipses of differing extent.