dodecatemory

English

Etymology

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

Noun

dodecatemory (plural dodecatemories)

1. (obsolete, astronomy) A twelfth, specifically each of the twelve divisions of the Zodiac.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
     , 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?