ἄκρον
akron

Greek noun

Last edited: 2024-12-12
Primary meaning end of an hour
Literal translation highest point
Variants
ἄκρον akron
Edited by
end of an hour

ὥρ(ᾳ) δʹ περὶ ἄκρο[ν.]

‘hour 4 about the end.’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4248 2

Genre: horoscope
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus
Date: 229 CE

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. I: 261 + II: 386-387

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ἄκρον (Lemma #2624). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2624/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ἄκρον (Lemma #2624). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2624/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ἄκρον (Lemma #2624). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2624/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) ἄκρον (Lemma #2624), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2624/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2624,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ἄκρον ({Lemma} #2624)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2624/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2624/},
}