Θοσόλκ
Thosolk

Greek noun
loaned from Egyptian

Last edited: 2025-02-04
Primary meaning Decan 1 of Gemini
Variants
Θοσόλκ Thosolk
Θοσολή Thosolē variant reading in MS P
Θοσόλβ Thosolb variant reading in Epitome 4
Edited by
Decan 1 of Gemini decan

οἱ δὲ τρεῖς δεκανοί εἰσιν οὗτοι· Θοσόλκ ὁ πρῶτος, Οὔαρε ὁ δεύτερος, Φούορι ὁ τρίτος

‘The three decans (of Gemini) are these: Thosolk is the first, Ouare the second, Phouori the third’

— Hephaestion 1.1.50

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 5th century CE
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Θοσόλκ (Lemma #2840). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2840/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Θοσόλκ (Lemma #2840). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2840/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Θοσόλκ (Lemma #2840). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2840/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) Θοσόλκ (Lemma #2840), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2840/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2840,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {Θοσόλκ ({Lemma} #2840)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2840/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2840/},
}