νυχθήμερον

nuchthēmeron
Greek · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2025-02-03

Literal translation
night-day
Categories
time interval
Related Lemmata 2

1. day-and-night

1.a day-and-night time interval

μετα- [βάλλειν εἰς τὰ ὁμαλ]ὰ νυχθήμερα ...

‘to change ... into uniform day-and-nights’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4142 Fr. 3, col. i, l. 16-17

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: 34-35


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). νυχθήμερον (Lemma #2703). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2703/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). νυχθήμερον (Lemma #2703). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2703/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). νυχθήμερον (Lemma #2703). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2703/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) νυχθήμερον (Lemma #2703), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2703/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2703,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {νυχθήμερον ({Lemma} #2703)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2703/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2703/},
}