〈עַיִשׁ〉 ʿayiš ‘Aldebaran? Ursa Major? Leo?’
〈—〉 ḫpš ‘Ursa Major’
〈Μεγάλη Ἄρκτος〉 Megalē Arktos ‘Ursa Major’
ϣⲱⲡϣ
šôpš
Egyptian noun
Last edited: 2025-04-26| Primary meaning | Ursa Major |
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| Literal translation | Arm, foreleg |
| Variants | ϣⲱⲡϣ šôpš |
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Ursa Major constellation
ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁϥⲧⲁⲙⲓⲉ ⲧϭⲓⲛⲙⲟⲩⲧ ⲙⲛⲡⲥⲟⲩⲛⲣⲟⲩϩⲉ ⲙⲛⲡϣⲱⲡϣ ⲙⲛⲛⲧⲁⲙⲉⲓⲟⲛ ⲙⲡⲣⲏⲥ
pentaftamie tcinmout mnpsounrouhe mnpšôpš mnntameion mprês
‘Who makes Pleiades, and Hesperus, and Ursa Major, and the chambers of the south.’
APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2025). ϣⲱⲡϣ (Lemma #1948). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1948/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2025). ϣⲱⲡϣ (Lemma #1948). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1948/
MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2025). ϣⲱⲡϣ (Lemma #1948). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1948/
Harvard
Winkler, A. (2025) ϣⲱⲡϣ (Lemma #1948), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1948/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1948,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Winkler, Andreas},
year = {2025},
title = {ϣⲱⲡϣ ({Lemma} #1948)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1948/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1948/},
}