〈engonasin〉 ‘the Kneeling one’
〈mul.UR.GI7〉 kalbu ‘Dog-star’
〈ingeniculus〉 ‘the Kneeling one’
〈species nixa genibus〉 ‘the Kneeling one’
Ἐνγόνασιν
Engonasin
Greek noun
Last edited: 2025-02-26| Primary meaning | Hercules |
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| Literal translation | Kneeling Man |
| Variants | Ἐνγόνασιν Engonasin Ἐνγούνασιν Engounasin Ἐνγούνασι Engounasi |
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Hercules constellation
not necessarily identical to the modern constellation
Βόρεια δέ ἐστιν, ὅσα τοῦ τῶν ζῳδίων κύκλου πρὸς ἄρκτους κεῖται. Ἔστι δὲ τάδε· ἡ Μεγάλη Ἄρκτος, ἡ Μικρά, Δράκων ὁ διὰ τῶν Ἄρκτων, Ἀρκτοφύλαξ, Στέφανος, Ἐνγόνασιν, Ὀφιοῦχος, Ὄφις, Λύρα, Ὄρνις, Ὀϊστός, Ἀετός, Δελφίς, Προτομὴ Ἵππου καθ’ Ἵππαρχον, Ἵππος, Κηφεύς, Κασσιέπεια, Ἀνδρομέδα, Περσεύς, Ἡνίοχος, Δελτωτὸν καὶ ὁ ὕστερον κατεστηριγμένος ὑπὸ Καλλιμάχου Βερενίκης Πλόκαμος.
‘Northern (constellations) there are as many as lie to the north of the zodiac. These are the following: the Great Bear, the Little (Bear), Dragon between the Bears, Bear Keeper, Crown, Kneeling Man, Ophiuchus, Serpent, Lyre, Bird, Arrow, Eagle, Dolphin, Forepart of a Horse according to Hipparchus, Horse, Cepheus, Cassiopeia, Andromeda, Perseus, Charioteer, Triangle and the later by Callimachus established Lock of Berenikē.’
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2025). Ἐνγόνασιν (Lemma #2788). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2788/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). Ἐνγόνασιν (Lemma #2788). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2788/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). Ἐνγόνασιν (Lemma #2788). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2788/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) Ἐνγόνασιν (Lemma #2788), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2788/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2788,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Peeters, Thomas},
year = {2025},
title = {Ἐνγόνασιν ({Lemma} #2788)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2788/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2788/},
}