πικός

pikos
Greek · noun
Edited by: Thomas Peeters
Last edited: 2024-09-12
Meanings
Literal translation
pointed
Categories
mathematical property
Related Lemmata 1 ›

1. pointed

1.a pointed mathematical property

πικόν· πικρόν. Χαλδαῖοι

‘pikon: pointed. Chaldeans.’

— Hesychius π 2278

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. 111

NB. The form is given by Hesychius in the accusative.
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2024). πικός (Lemma #2265). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2265/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2024). πικός (Lemma #2265). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2265/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2024). πικός (Lemma #2265). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2265/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2024) πικός (Lemma #2265), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2265/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2265,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {πικός ({Lemma} #2265)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2265/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2265/},
}