μισσυνή
missunē

Greek noun

Last edited: 2024-06-27
Primary meaning sharpness
Literal translation sharpness
Variants
μισσυνή missunē rare
Edited by
sharpness mathematical property

used for acute angles

μισσυνή· ἡ ὀξύτης παρὰ Χαλδαίοις

‘Missunē: sharpness according to the Chaldeans.’

— Hesychius μ 1467

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. 840

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2024). μισσυνή (Lemma #2264). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2264/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2024). μισσυνή (Lemma #2264). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2264/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2024). μισσυνή (Lemma #2264). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2264/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2024) μισσυνή (Lemma #2264), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2264/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2264,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {μισσυνή ({Lemma} #2264)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2264/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2264/},
}