κατ’ Αἰγυπτίων

kat’ Aiguptiōn
Greek · adverb
variant κατὰ τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους : kata tous Aiguptious
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2025-02-26
Meanings
Literal translation
according to the Egyptians
Categories
calendrical concept
Related Lemmata 1 ›

1. according to the Egyptians

1.a according to the Egyptians calendrical concept

in the measuring of hours

κατὰ τοὺς Αἰ[γυπτίους ὥρᾳ γʹ νυκ[τός.

‘according to the Egyptians ... hour 3 of night.’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4249 3-4

Genre: horoscope Provenance: Oxyrhynchus Date: 172 (?) CE

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. I: 262-263 + II: 386-387

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). κατ’ Αἰγυπτίων (Lemma #2625). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2625/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). κατ’ Αἰγυπτίων (Lemma #2625). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2625/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). κατ’ Αἰγυπτίων (Lemma #2625). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2625/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) κατ’ Αἰγυπτίων (Lemma #2625), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2625/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2625,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {κατ’ Αἰγυπτίων ({Lemma} #2625)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2625/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2625/},
}