Πτηχούτ
Ptēchout

Greek noun
loaned from Egyptian

Last edited: 2025-02-05
Primary meaning Decan 2 of Libra
Variants
Πτηχούτ Ptēchout
Πτηχούγ Ptēchoug variant reading in MS A
Πτιχώτ Ptichōt variant reading in Epitome 4
Edited by
Decan 2 of Libra decan

οἱ δὲ δεκανοὶ τρεῖς· ὁ πρῶτος Σουχωέ, ὁ δεύτερος Πτηχούτ, ὁ τρίτος Χονταρέ

‘The decans are three: the first, Souchōe, the second, Ptēchout, the third, Chontare’

— Hephaestion 1.1.127

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 5th century CE
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Πτηχούτ (Lemma #2853). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2853/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Πτηχούτ (Lemma #2853). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2853/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Πτηχούτ (Lemma #2853). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2853/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) Πτηχούτ (Lemma #2853), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2853/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2853,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {Πτηχούτ ({Lemma} #2853)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2853/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2853/},
}