σαρός
saros

Greek noun
loaned from Akkadian

Last edited: 2024-07-15
Primary meaning 3,600
Literal translation 3,600
Variants
σαρός saros rare
Edited by
3,600 mathematical quantity: number

σαρός· ἀριθμός τις παρὰ Βαβυλωνίοις

‘saros: a certain number, according to the Babylonians.’

— Hesychius σ 226

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. 269

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2024). σαρός (Lemma #2266). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2266/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2024). σαρός (Lemma #2266). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2266/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2024). σαρός (Lemma #2266). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2266/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2024) σαρός (Lemma #2266), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2266/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2266,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {σαρός ({Lemma} #2266)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2266/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2266/},
}