Φάτνη
Phatnē

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-02-26
Primary meaning Praesepe (Beehive Cluster)
Literal translation Manger
Variants
Φάτνη Phatnē
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Praesepe (Beehive Cluster) part of constellation

part of Cancer; not necessarily identical to the modern cluster M44

Οἱ δὲ ἐν τῳ Καρκίνῳ νεφελοειδεῖ συστροφῇ ἐοικότες καλοῦνται Φάτνη· οἱ δὲ πλησίον αὐτῆς δύο ἀστέρες κείμενοι Ὄνοι προσαγορεύεται.

‘The ones (i.e. stars) in Cancer looking like a nebulous mass are named Manger; and the two stars lying close to it are called Asses.’

— Geminus 13.4

Genre: astronomy
Date: 1st century BCE

Geminus. 1975. Géminos, Introduction aux Phénomènes, ed. G. Aujac. Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 18

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APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2025). Φάτνη (Lemma #2856). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2856/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). Φάτνη (Lemma #2856). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2856/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). Φάτνη (Lemma #2856). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2856/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) Φάτνη (Lemma #2856), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2856/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2856,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {Φάτνη ({Lemma} #2856)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2856/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2856/},
}