εὑρίσκω
heuriskō

Greek verb

Last edited: 2024-12-03
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Στίλβων ὁ τοῦ Ἑρμο[ῦ] ἀστ[ήρ, ὁ] τὴ[ν] ζώ- νην τοῦ ἀέρος λελογχώς εὑρέθη [τὴ]ν κα- τὰ μῆκος κείνησιν ποιούμενος ἐ[ν] ζῳδίῳ [...] Αἰγόκερῳ

‘Stilbon, the star of Mercury, which has been allotted the belt of the air, has been found making its longitudinal motion in the [...] sign Capricorn’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4277 i. 2-5

Genre: horoscope
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. II: 420-421

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). εὑρίσκω (Lemma #2637). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2637/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). εὑρίσκω (Lemma #2637). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2637/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). εὑρίσκω (Lemma #2637). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2637/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) εὑρίσκω (Lemma #2637), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2637/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2637,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {εὑρίσκω ({Lemma} #2637)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2637/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2637/},
}