Χώου
Chōou

Greek noun
loaned from Egyptian

Last edited: 2025-02-03
Primary meaning Decan 1 of Taurus
Variants
Χώου Chōou
Edited by
Decan 1 of Taurus decan

οἱ δὲ δεκανοὶ αὐτοῦ τρεῖς· Χώου ὁ πρῶτος, Ἔρω ὁ δεύτερος, Ῥομβρόμαρε ὁ τρίτος

‘The decans of (Taurus) are three: Chōou is the first, Erō the second, Rhombromare the third’

— Hephaestion 1.1.31

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 5th century CE
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Χώου (Lemma #2828). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2828/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Χώου (Lemma #2828). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2828/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Χώου (Lemma #2828). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2828/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) Χώου (Lemma #2828), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2828/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2828,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {Χώου ({Lemma} #2828)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2828/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2828/},
}