Σωθίς
Sōthis

Greek noun
loaned from Egyptian

Last edited: 2025-07-28
Primary meaning Decan 1 of Cancer
Variants
Σωθίς Sōthis
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Decan 1 of Cancer decan

οἱ δὲ τρεῖς αὐτοῦ δεκανοί· Σωθὶς ὁ πρῶτος, Σὶτ ὁ δεύτερος, Χνουμὶς ὁ τρίτος

‘The three decans of (Cancer) are: Sōthis, the first; Sit, the second; Chnoumis, the third’

— Hephaestion 1.1.69

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 5th century CE
Sirius star

Παρετήρησαν δὲ οἱ παλαιγενεῖς σοφοὶ Αἰγύπτιοι καὶ τὰς τῆς Σωθεὼς ἐπιτολὰς ἐν τῇ κε′ τοῦ μηνὸς Ἐπιφὶ καὶ τὰ τούτων ἀποτελέσματα ἐξέθεντο, ὧν πλείστων ὄντων ὀλίγα καὶ εὐσύνοπτα παρατίθεμαι.

‘The wise Egyptians born long ago also observed the arisings of Sothis' in the 25th month of Epiphi and they set out the effects of these arisings.’

— Hephaestion 1.23

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 5th century CE
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Σωθίς (Lemma #2843). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2843/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Σωθίς (Lemma #2843). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2843/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Σωθίς (Lemma #2843). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2843/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) Σωθίς (Lemma #2843), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2843/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2843,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {Σωθίς ({Lemma} #2843)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2843/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2843/},
}