τὸ δῦνον

to dunon
Greek · noun
variant τὸ δῦνον
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-11-18
Meanings
Literal translation
the setting
Categories
astrological concept
cardinal point
Related Lemmata 5 ›

1. descendant

1.a 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’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4277 i. 28-30

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: 422-423

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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)
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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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2645,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {τὸ δῦνον ({Lemma} #2645)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2645/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2645/},
}