Χονταρέ
Chontare

Greek noun
loaned from Egyptian

Last edited: 2025-02-05
Primary meaning Decan 3 of Libra
Variants
Χονταρέ Chontare
Edited by
Decan 3 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). Χονταρέ (Lemma #2854). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2854/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Χονταρέ (Lemma #2854). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2854/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Χονταρέ (Lemma #2854). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2854/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) Χονταρέ (Lemma #2854), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2854/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2854,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {Χονταρέ ({Lemma} #2854)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2854/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2854/},
}