〈dysis〉 ‘descendant’
〈—〉 rꜥ-ḥtp ‘descendant’
〈δυτικός〉 dutikos ‘of the Descendant’
τὸ δῦνον
to dunon
Greek noun
Last edited: 2024-11-18| Primary meaning | descendant |
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| Literal translation | the setting |
| Variants | τὸ δῦνον |
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descendant astrological concept, cardinal point
τ[ὸ] δὲ δῦνον [ε]ὑρέθη [τὴν κατὰ μῆ]κος κείνη- σιν ποιούμενον ἐν ζῳ[δίῳ στερεῷ] ἀρρενι- κ]ῷ παρύ[γρ]ῳ Ὑδρ[οχ]όῳ
‘The setting point has been found making its longitudinal motion in the solid, masculine, damp sign Aquarius’
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). τὸ δῦνον (Lemma #2645). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2645/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). τὸ δῦνον (Lemma #2645). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2645/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). τὸ δῦνον (Lemma #2645). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2645/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) τὸ δῦνον (Lemma #2645), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2645/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2645,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
year = {2024},
title = {τὸ δῦνον ({Lemma} #2645)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2645/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2645/},
}