Μολοβόβαρ
Molobobar

Greek noun
loaned from Akkadian

Last edited: 2024-07-15
Primary meaning Jupiter
Literal translation Jupiter
Variants
Μολοβόβαρ Molobobar rare
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Jupiter planet

μολοβόβαρ· ὁ τοῦ Δίος ἀστήρ, παρὰ Χαλδαίοις

‘Molobobar: the star of Zeus, according to the Chaldeans.’

— Hesychius μ 1568

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

Hesychius Alexandrinus. 2020. Hesychii Alexandrini Lexicon, Vol. 2 (a. Epsilon – Iota, b. Kappa – Omicron), ed. I.C. Cunningham. Berlin, Boston: Walter de Gruyter. 844


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2024). Μολοβόβαρ (Lemma #2256). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2256/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2024). Μολοβόβαρ (Lemma #2256). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2256/

MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2024). Μολοβόβαρ (Lemma #2256). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2256/

Harvard
Peeters, T. (2024) Μολοβόβαρ (Lemma #2256), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2256/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2256,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {Μολοβόβαρ ({Lemma} #2256)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2256/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2256/},
}