ἔκκεντρος
ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἥκεις τὸν βατῆρα τῆς θύρας → you've come to the crux of the matter, come to the point, hit the nail on the head, you've come to the very threshold of the door, you are come to the very threshold of the door, you've arrived at the truth of the matter
English (LSJ)
ον, Astron.,
A κύκλος not having the earth as centre, eccentric, Cleom.1.6, Gem.1.34, Ptol.Alm.3.3, etc. II not occupying a cardinal point, opp. ἔγκ., Vett.Val.97.11.
German (Pape)
[Seite 762] excentrisch, Mathem.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἔκκεντρος: -ον, ἐκτὸς τοῦ κέντρου, μακρὰν αὐτοῦ, Πολ. ἀντίθετον τῷ σύγκεντρος.
Spanish (DGE)
-ον
astr. excéntrico, cuyo centro no coincide con el de la esfera celeste ἡ (ὑπόθεσις) τῶν ἐκκέντρων κύκλων Theo Sm.166, cf. Procl.Hyp.1.34, in Ti.3.96.27, αἱ καλούμεναι ἔκκεντροι σφαῖραι Simp.in Cael.32.8, cf. Chal.Comm.80, (τῶν πλανητῶν) οἱ κύκλοι Posidon.18, cf. Theo Sm.154, 155, ὁ ἔ. κύκλος ref. la órbita solar, Gem.1.34, cf. Cleom.1.4.58, Ptol.Alm.3.3
•astrol. que no coincide con los puntos cardinales del círculo zodiacal οἱ ἀστέρες Vett.Val.92.24, 31, cf. Cat.Cod.Astr.8(1).261.16.
