Σαώς
Saōs

Greek noun
loaned from Akkadian

Last edited: 2024-07-15
Primary meaning Sun
Literal translation Sun
Variants
Σαώς Saōs rare
Edited by
Sun luminary, planet, deity

σαώς· ἥλιος. Βαβυλώνιοι

‘Saōs: Sun. Babylonians.’

— Hesychius σ 302

Genre: lexicon
Provenance: Alexandria
Date: 4th-6th century CE

Hesychius Alexandrinus. 2005. Hesychii Alexandrini Lexicon, Vol. 3 (Pi - Sigma), ed. P.A. Hansen. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. 273

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2024). Σαώς (Lemma #2249). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2249/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2024). Σαώς (Lemma #2249). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2249/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2024). Σαώς (Lemma #2249). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2249/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2024) Σαώς (Lemma #2249), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2249/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2249,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {Σαώς ({Lemma} #2249)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2249/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2249/},
}