Σεχές
Seches

Greek noun
loaned from Akkadian

Last edited: 2024-07-15
Primary meaning Mercury
Literal translation Mercury
Variants
Σεχές Seches rare
Edited by
Mercury planet

σεχές· τοῦ Ἑρμοῦ ἀστήρ. Βαβυλώνιοι

‘Seches: the star of Hermes. Babylonians.’

— Hesychius σ 469

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. 282

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2024). Σεχές (Lemma #2254). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2254/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2024). Σεχές (Lemma #2254). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2254/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2024). Σεχές (Lemma #2254). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2254/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2024) Σεχές (Lemma #2254), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2254/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2254,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {Σεχές ({Lemma} #2254)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2254/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2254/},
}