βόρειος

boreios

Greek · adjective

variant βο : bo

Edited by: Thomas Peeters , Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2025-04-08

Meanings

1. northern

Literal translation

of the north wind

1. northern

1.a northern cardinal direction

σελήνη οὖσα ἐν Ἰχ[θύσι τὰ βόρια ἢ καὶ συν[ νος ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀνατ[

‘The moon being in Pisces(?) [ the north or even at the node(?) [ ... against(?) the eastern(?)[’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4140 3-5

Genre: astronomical list Provenance: Oxyrhynchus Date: 2nd century CE

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. I: 100-101+ II: 24-25

Λέων | βο | [... Πάρθεν(ος) | βο | γ [...

‘Leo | northern | [... Virgo | northern | 3 [...’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4222 fr. 1, 4-5

Provenance: Oxyrhynchus

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. I: 238-239 + II: 336-337

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APA (7th)

Peeters, T., & Meinhardt, K. (2025). βόρειος (Lemma #2668). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2668/

Chicago (Author-Date)

Peeters, T., & Meinhardt, K. (2025). βόρειος (Lemma #2668). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2668/

MLA (9th)

Peeters, T., & Meinhardt, K. (2025). βόρειος (Lemma #2668). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2668/

Harvard

Peeters, T. and Meinhardt, K. (2025) βόρειος (Lemma #2668), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2668/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{zodiac2668,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas and Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {βόρειος ({Lemma} #2668)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2668/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2668/},
}