Ἀβέλιος

Abelios
Greek · noun
Edited by: Thomas Peeters
Last edited: 2024-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
Sun
Categories
luminary
planet
deity
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1. Sun

1.a Sun luminary, planet, deity

ἀβέλιον· ἥλιον. Κρῆτες

‘Abelios: Sun. Cretans.’

— Hesychius α 105

Genre: lexicon Provenance: Alexandria Date: 4th-6th century CE

Hesychius Alexandrinus. 2018. Hesychii Alexandrini Lexicon, Vol. 1 (A - Delta), ed. I.C. Cunningham. Berlin, Boston: Walter de Gruyter. 7

The form is given by Hesychius in the accusative.
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2024). Ἀβέλιος (Lemma #2484). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2484/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2024). Ἀβέλιος (Lemma #2484). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2484/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2024). Ἀβέλιος (Lemma #2484). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2484/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2024) Ἀβέλιος (Lemma #2484), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2484/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2484,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {Ἀβέλιος ({Lemma} #2484)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2484/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2484/},
}