Βορρᾶς

Borras
Greek · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-12-09

Literal translation
north wind
Categories
type of wind
Related Lemmata 3

1. north wind

1.a north wind type of wind

ἐπεὶ βαθμῷ εʹ, ἀνέμῳ βορρᾷ, δεκανῷ γʹ

‘in step 5, wind Boreas, decan 3’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4277 ii. 1-2

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


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). Βορρᾶς (Lemma #2647). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2647/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). Βορρᾶς (Lemma #2647). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2647/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). Βορρᾶς (Lemma #2647). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2647/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) Βορρᾶς (Lemma #2647), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2647/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2647,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {Βορρᾶς ({Lemma} #2647)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2647/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2647/},
}