dodecatemory
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δωδεκατημόριον (dōdekatēmórion), from δωδέκατος (dōdékatos, “twelfth”) + μόριον (mórion, “piece”).
Noun
dodecatemory (plural dodecatemories)
- (obsolete, astronomy) A twelfth, specifically each of the twelve divisions of the Zodiac.
- 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):, II.ii.3:
- Is it from topic stars, apertio portarum, in the dodecatemories or constellations, the moon's mansions, such aspects of planets, such winds, or dissolving air, or thick air, which causeth this and the like differences of heat and cold?
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