πανσέληνος
panselēnos

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-01-29
Primary meaning full moon
Literal translation full moon
Variants
πανσέληνος panselēnos
Edited by
full moon lunar phase

ἡ προγενομένη πανσέληνος ἐγένετο τῷ αὐτῷ μηνὶ Παῦνι κεʹ εἰς κϛʹ ὥρ(ᾳ) βʹ νυκ(τός), (...)

‘The preceding full moon took place in the same month, Pauni 25 till 26, hour 2 of night, (...)’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4282 1-6

Genre: horoscope
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus
Date: 3rd-4th century CE

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. I: 288 + II: 430-431

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). πανσέληνος (Lemma #2660). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2660/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). πανσέληνος (Lemma #2660). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2660/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). πανσέληνος (Lemma #2660). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2660/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) πανσέληνος (Lemma #2660), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2660/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2660,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {πανσέληνος ({Lemma} #2660)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2660/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2660/},
}