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ἐνδεδεμένος (ἀστήρ) 

see also:

fixed star

Aristotle METE

ἐνδεδεμένος (ἀστήρ) 

Lucretius DRN

Seneca NQ

References for Greek and Latin

fixed stars
Modern Description

written by Susanne M Hoffmann

Fixed stars are "fix" relative to other stars but not to the local horizon of the observer.

In antiquity, they were considered adhered to the celestial sphere and therefore "fixed". Today, we know that they in fact do change the position but the shift is hardly or not observable for the naked eye observer on the timescales of human written history.

Further Remarks

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