Σίτ
Sit

Greek noun
loaned from Egyptian

Last edited: 2025-02-05
Primary meaning Decan 2 of Cancer
Variants
Σίτ Sit
Edited by
Decan 2 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
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Σίτ (Lemma #2844). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2844/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Σίτ (Lemma #2844). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2844/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Σίτ (Lemma #2844). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2844/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) Σίτ (Lemma #2844), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2844/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2844,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {Σίτ ({Lemma} #2844)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2844/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2844/},
}