mšꜥ
Egyptian · verb
variants : ⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ , : mšy
Edited by: Andreas Winkler
Last edited: 2024-01-11

Literal translation
to go, journey, move
Categories
motion
Related Lemmata 8

1. going

1.a going

2. pace

2.a pace

3. journey

3.a journey

4. movement

4.a movement

sẖ ḥm-nṯr n spd.t ỉmy-r(ꜣ) mšꜥ n ỉꜥḥ wꜥb n p(ꜣ) 5 sbꜣ ꜥnḫ.w

‘Written by the prophet of Sothis, overseer of the moon's movement, and wrist of the five living stars.’

— Graf.Phil. 421 14

Genre: inscription Provenance: Philae Date: 3rd cent. CE

Griffith, F.Ll., 1935-1937, Catalogue of the Demotic Graffiti of the Dodecaschoenus, Oxford. 26-31

5. to journey

5.a to journey motion

6. to move

6.a to move motion

7. go

7.a go motion

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2024). mšꜥ (Lemma #168). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/168/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2024). mšꜥ (Lemma #168). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/168/

MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2024). mšꜥ (Lemma #168). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/168/

Harvard
Winkler, A. (2024) mšꜥ (Lemma #168), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/168/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac168,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {mšꜥ ({Lemma} #168)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/168/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/168/},
}