μεσημβρινός
mesēmbrinos

Greek noun

Last edited: 2024-12-02
Primary meaning meridian
Literal translation meridian
Variants
μεσημβρινός mesēmbrinos
Edited by
meridian astronomical concept

ὁ δ(ιὰ) Ῥώμης μεσημβρινὸς δυσμικώτερός ἐσ- τι τοῦ δ(ι') Ἀλεξανδρείας μεσημβρινοῦ

‘the meridian through Rome is west of the meridian through Alexandria’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4142 Fr. 2, col. ii., 13-15

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. II: 30

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). μεσημβρινός (Lemma #2681). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2681/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). μεσημβρινός (Lemma #2681). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2681/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). μεσημβρινός (Lemma #2681). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2681/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) μεσημβρινός (Lemma #2681), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2681/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2681,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {μεσημβρινός ({Lemma} #2681)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2681/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2681/},
}