〈UŠ〉 šuššān ‘degree’
〈μοῖρα〉 moira ‘degree’
〈pars〉 ‘degree’
〈pars novissima〉 ‘the latest degree’
〈pars tropica〉 ‘tropic degree’
swsw
Egyptian noun
loaned from Akkadian
| Primary meaning | degree |
|---|---|
| Literal translation | degree |
| Variants | swsw |
| Edited by |
degree unit of celestial position
Loan word from Akkadian šuššān
n-ṯꜣy pꜣ gn⟨ḥ⟩ḏ 6 šꜥ ỉḫ.t 26 r swsw 110
‘From Cancer 6° to Libra 26° is 110 degrees’
APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2025). swsw (Lemma #162). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/162/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2025). swsw (Lemma #162). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/162/
MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2025). swsw (Lemma #162). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/162/
Harvard
Winkler, A. (2025) swsw (Lemma #162), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/162/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac162,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Winkler, Andreas},
year = {2025},
title = {swsw ({Lemma} #162)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/162/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/162/},
}