σαρός

saros
Greek · noun
Edited by: Thomas Peeters
Last edited: 2024-07-15

Meanings
Literal translation
3,600
Categories
mathematical quantity: number
Related Lemmata 1

1. 3,600

1.a 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: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2266,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {σαρός ({Lemma} #2266)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2266/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2266/},
}