What is the greek word for solar system?
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There are hints of the Greek conception of the universe in Homer, who mentions many subjects on his two epics describing war and the perils of trying to come home after long absence. For Homer, heaven was a solid inverted bowl (Od. 15.329 sideron ouranon) straddling the earth
in modern Greek it is: (αστρον.) ηλιακό σύστημα
the word Solar is Latin in origin, and entered English in around 1400 - sōlāris, equiv. to sōl sun + -āris -ar
ηλιακό
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