sw
Egyptian · noun
variants : syw , ⲥⲓⲟⲩ : siou
Edited by: Andreas Winkler
Last edited: 2024-06-03

Literal translation
star
Categories
celestial object
astral concept
Related Lemmata 24

1. planet

1.a planet celestial object

pꜣ wn pꜣ 5 syw ꜥnḫ

‘The list of the five living stars’

— O.Strasb.Dem. 521 1

Genre: astronomical list Provenance: Thebes (?) Date: 300 BCE - 300 CE

Neugebauer, O., 1943. Demotic Horoscopes, Journal of the American Oriental Society 63: 121-122 121

2. star

2.a star celestial object

3. zodiac sign

3.a zodiac sign astral concept

nꜣ wn nꜣ syw nty sr(.w) | pꜣ ỉbd 12

‘The list of the stars which are spread | on the 12 months’

— O.Strasb.Dem. 521 6-7

Genre: astronomical list Provenance: Thebes (?) Date: 300 BCE - 300 CE

Neugebauer, O., 1943. Demotic Horoscopes, Journal of the American Oriental Society 63: 121-122 121


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2024). sw (Lemma #103). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/103/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2024). sw (Lemma #103). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/103/

MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2024). sw (Lemma #103). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/103/

Harvard
Winkler, A. (2024) sw (Lemma #103), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/103/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac103,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {sw ({Lemma} #103)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/103/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/103/},
}