〈UŠ〉 nēmettu ‘station’
〈stationem facio〉 ‘to become stationary’
〈stationem solvo〉 ‘to cease being stationary’
UŠ
nenmudu
Akkadian verb
Last edited: 2024-07-15| Primary meaning | to be/become stationary |
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| Literal translation | to be/become stationary |
| Variants | UŠ nenmudu N stem of emēdu |
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to be/become stationary astronomical event, synodic phenomenon
24 ME nen-mud ina 32 ⸢ME⸣ 20 ⸢KI⸣-šu₂ ana ŠU₂ ⸢LA₂⸣-[is?]
‘24 days it (Venus) is stationary. In 32 days its position recedes to the west by 20.’
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). UŠ (Lemma #1090). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1090/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). UŠ (Lemma #1090). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1090/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). UŠ (Lemma #1090). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1090/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) UŠ (Lemma #1090), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1090/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1090,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
year = {2024},
title = {UŠ ({Lemma} #1090)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1090/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1090/},
}