〈ὄργανον〉 organon ‘table’
〈ter-si-tu₄〉 tērsītu ‘computed table’
〈—〉 wpe ‘astronomical table’
〈κανόνιον〉 kanonion ‘astronomical table’
κανών
kanōn
Greek noun
Last edited: 2025-05-18| Primary meaning | astronomical table |
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| Literal translation | rod |
| Variants | κανών kanōn |
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astronomical table astronomical genre, artefact of astral science
ἐπιγνόντες τὴν τῶν ἑπτὰ θεῶν κείνησιν τὰ ὅλα σ̣[υ]νέχουσάν τε καὶ διοικοῦσαν ἀφ[θ]ό̣νως ἡμεῖν διὰ κανόνων αἰωνί̣ων ἀπέλειπ̣ον τὴν περὶ αὐτῶν γνῶσιν· ὅθεν ἕκαστον ψηφίσας ἀκριβῶς τέταχά σοι
‘(The ancient Egyptians,) having recognized the motion of the seven (planetary) gods, which comprises and dispenses all things, have generously left us with the knowledge about them through perpetual tables: having precisely calculated each (planet’s position) by those means, I have set them out for you.’
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). κανών (Lemma #2273). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2273/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). κανών (Lemma #2273). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2273/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). κανών (Lemma #2273). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2273/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) κανών (Lemma #2273), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2273/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2273,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
year = {2025},
title = {κανών ({Lemma} #2273)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2273/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2273/},
}