〈—〉 wpe ‘astronomical table’
〈κανών〉 kanōn ‘astronomical table’
〈ter-si-tu₄〉 tērsītu ‘computed table’
κανόνιον
kanonion
Greek noun
Last edited: 2025-05-18| Primary meaning | astronomical table |
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| Literal translation | small bar |
| Variants | κανόνιον kanonion |
| Edited by |
astronomical table textual layout, artefact of astral science, astronomical genre
ἀφελ(ὼν) [ἀ(πὸ) τ(ῶν) ὁ]μαλ(ῶν) τὰ διαφορὰ (ἑξηκοστὰ) τὰ π(αρα)κείμενα [τῇ ἡλιακῇ] μο(ίρᾳ) ἐν τῷ ἐπ' ὀρθῆς τῆς σφαί- [ρας κα]νονίῳ
‘subtracting [from the] non-uniform ones the sixtieths corresponding [to the solar] degree in the table of sphaera recta, ...’
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). κανόνιον (Lemma #2702). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2702/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). κανόνιον (Lemma #2702). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2702/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). κανόνιον (Lemma #2702). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2702/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) κανόνιον (Lemma #2702), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2702/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2702,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
year = {2025},
title = {κανόνιον ({Lemma} #2702)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2702/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2702/},
}