κλεψύδρα
klepsudra

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-05-18
Primary meaning water clock
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’

— P.Lond. 98 59–61

Genre: horoscope
Provenance: Egypt
Date: 95 CE

GH 95


Cite this entry
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/},
}