Χνουμίς
Chnoumis

Greek noun
loaned from Egyptian

Last edited: 2025-02-05
Primary meaning Decan 3 of Cancer
Variants
Χνουμίς Chnoumis
Γνουμίς Gnoumis variant reading in MS P
Edited by
Decan 3 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). Χνουμίς (Lemma #2845). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2845/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Χνουμίς (Lemma #2845). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2845/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Χνουμίς (Lemma #2845). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2845/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) Χνουμίς (Lemma #2845), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2845/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2845,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {Χνουμίς ({Lemma} #2845)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2845/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2845/},
}