καθ’ Ἕλληνας

kath’ Hellēnas

Greek · adverb

variant καθ’ Ἑλήνου : kath’ Helēnou

Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2026-10-22

Meanings

1. according to the Greek calendar

Literal translation

according to the Greeks

1. according to the Greek calendar

1.a according to the Greek calendar calendrical concept

referring to the civil calendar of Roman Egypt (also known as “Alexandrian”) in which each year consists of 12 months of 30 days, followed by 5 epagomenal days, with an additional intercalary day every 4 years

(...) ιδʹ (ἔτους) Ἁδραιανοῦ Αἰλίου τοῦ κυρ]ίου, Τῦβι ιθʹ, ὥρας εʹ ἡμέρας καθ’ Ἑλήνου

‘(...) (year) 14 of Hadrian Aelius the lo]rd, Tubi 19, hour 5 of (the) day according to the Greeks’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4239 1-2

Genre: horoscope Provenance: Oxyrhynchus Date: 130 CE

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. I: 253 + II: 376-377

Reading καθ’ Ἕλληνας (“according to the Greeks”) for καθ’ Ἑλήνου (“according to a Greek”).

Cite this entry

APA (7th)

Meinhardt, K. (2026). καθ’ Ἕλληνας (Lemma #2615). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2615/

Chicago (Author-Date)

Meinhardt, K. (2026). καθ’ Ἕλληνας (Lemma #2615). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2615/

MLA (9th)

Meinhardt, K. (2026). καθ’ Ἕλληνας (Lemma #2615). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2615/

Harvard

Meinhardt, K. (2026) καθ’ Ἕλληνας (Lemma #2615), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2615/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{zodiac2615,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2026},
	title = {καθ’ Ἕλληνας ({Lemma} #2615)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2615/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2615/},
}