〈DUG.A.NAG〉 mašqû ‘water clock(?)’
κλεψύδρα
klepsudra
Greek noun
Last edited: 2025-05-18| Primary meaning | water clock |
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| Literal translation | pipette |
| Variants | κλεψύδρα klepsudra |
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water clock astronomical instrument, artefact of astral science
τὸν δὲ ὡρονόμον ὡροσκόπον προσδεῖ δι’ ὅλην τὴν [ἀν]αλογίαν ἐκ τοῦ ἀναφορικοῦ πρὸς κλεψύδραν
‘One also needs the hour-apportioning Ascendant in complete proportion from the (table) of rising-times according to a water clock’
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). κλεψύδρα (Lemma #1969). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1969/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). κλεψύδρα (Lemma #1969). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1969/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). κλεψύδρα (Lemma #1969). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1969/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) κλεψύδρα (Lemma #1969), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1969/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1969,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
year = {2025},
title = {κλεψύδρα ({Lemma} #1969)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1969/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1969/},
}