Σίν
Sin

Greek noun
loaned from Akkadian

Last edited: 2024-07-15
Primary meaning Moon
Literal translation Moon
Variants
Σίν Sin rare
Edited by
Moon luminary, planet, deity

σίν· τὴν <σελήνην>. ββῶν

‘Sin: the Moon. Babylonians.’

— Hesychius σ 674

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. 292

The manuscript contains σεμνήν instead of σελήνην.
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2024). Σίν (Lemma #2257). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2257/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2024). Σίν (Lemma #2257). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2257/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2024). Σίν (Lemma #2257). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2257/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2024) Σίν (Lemma #2257), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2257/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2257,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {Σίν ({Lemma} #2257)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2257/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2257/},
}