Χαρχνοῦμις
Charchnoumis

Greek noun
loaned from Egyptian

Last edited: 2025-02-05
Primary meaning Decan 1 of Leo
Variants
Χαρχνοῦμις Charchnoumis
Χαρχνούμνη Charchoumnē variant reading in MS P
Edited by
Decan 1 of Leo decan

οἱ δὲ δεκανοὶ αὐτοῦ τρεῖς· Χαρχνοῦμις ὁ πρῶτος, Ἤπη ὁ δεύτερος, Φούπη ὁ τρίτος

‘The decans of (Leo) are three: Charchnoumis is the first, Ēpē the second, Phoupē the third’

— Hephaestion 1.1.89

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 5th century CE
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Χαρχνοῦμις (Lemma #2846). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2846/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Χαρχνοῦμις (Lemma #2846). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2846/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Χαρχνοῦμις (Lemma #2846). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2846/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) Χαρχνοῦμις (Lemma #2846), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2846/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2846,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {Χαρχνοῦμις ({Lemma} #2846)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2846/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2846/},
}