dodecatemory

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noun

A twelfth, specifically each of the twelve divisions of the Zodiac.

OriginAncient Greek δωδεκατημόριον →
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Meanings

noundodecatemory (plural dodecatemories)

plural dodecatemories

  1. obsoleteastronomyA twelfth, specifically each of the twelve divisions of the Zodiac.

    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?

    1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 2, section 2, member 3

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekδωδεκατημόριον
  2. Englishdodecatemory

From Ancient Greek δωδεκατημόριον (dōdekatēmórion), from δωδέκατος (dōdékatos, “twelfth”) + μόριον (mórion, “piece”).

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dodecatemory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dodecatemory

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“dodecatemory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dodecatemory. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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