Δελέφατ
Delephat

Greek noun
loaned from Akkadian

Last edited: 2024-07-15
Primary meaning Venus
Literal translation Venus
Variants
Δελέφατ Delephat rare
Edited by
Venus planet

Δελέφατ· ὁ τῆς Ἀφροδίτης ἀστήρ, ὑπὸ Χαλδαίων

‘Delephat: the star of Aphrodite, amongst the Chaldeans.’

— Hesychius α 590

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

Hesychius Alexandrinus. 2018. Hesychii Alexandrini Lexicon, Vol. 1 (A - Delta), ed. I.C. Cunningham. Berlin, Boston: Walter de Gruyter. 558

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2024). Δελέφατ (Lemma #2253). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2253/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2024). Δελέφατ (Lemma #2253). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2253/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2024). Δελέφατ (Lemma #2253). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2253/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2024) Δελέφατ (Lemma #2253), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2253/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2253,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {Δελέφατ ({Lemma} #2253)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2253/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2253/},
}