Ἀφόσο
Aphoso

Greek noun
loaned from Egyptian

Last edited: 2025-02-05
Primary meaning Decan 3 of Virgo
Variants
Ἀφόσο Aphoso
Edited by
Decan 3 of Virgo decan

οἱ δὲ τρεῖς αὐτοῦ δεκανοί· Τὼμ ὁ πρῶτος, Οὐεστεβκὼτ ὁ δεύτερος, Ἀφόσο ὁ τρίτος

‘The three decans of (Virgo) are: Tōm, the first; Ouestebkōt, the second; Aphoso, the third’

— Hephaestion 1.1.108

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 5th century CE
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Ἀφόσο (Lemma #2851). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2851/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Ἀφόσο (Lemma #2851). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2851/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Ἀφόσο (Lemma #2851). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2851/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) Ἀφόσο (Lemma #2851), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2851/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2851,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {Ἀφόσο ({Lemma} #2851)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2851/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2851/},
}