Σεσμέ
Sesme

Greek noun
loaned from Egyptian

Last edited: 2025-02-06
Primary meaning Decan 2 of Scorpio
Variants
Σεσμέ Sesme
Edited by
Decan 2 of Scorpio decan

οἱ δὲ δεκανοὶ τρεῖς· ὁ πρῶτος Στωχνῆε, ὁ δὲ δεύτερος Σεσμέ, ὁ τρίτος Σισιεμέ

‘The decans are three: the first is Stōchnēne, the second Sesme, the third Sisieme’

— Hephaestion 1.1.147

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 5th century CE
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Σεσμέ (Lemma #2864). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2864/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Σεσμέ (Lemma #2864). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2864/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Σεσμέ (Lemma #2864). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2864/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) Σεσμέ (Lemma #2864), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2864/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2864,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {Σεσμέ ({Lemma} #2864)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2864/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2864/},
}