Πτηβυού
Ptēbuou

Greek noun
loaned from Egyptian

Last edited: 2025-02-12
Primary meaning Decan 3 of Aquarius
Variants
Πτηβυού Ptēbuou
Πτιβιού Ptibiou variant reading in MS P
Edited by
Decan 3 of Aquarius decan

οἱ δὲ τρεῖς αὐτοῦ δεκανοί· Πτιαῦ ὁ πρῶτος, Ἀεὺ ὁ δεύτερος, Πτηβυοὺ ὁ τρίτος

‘The three decans of (Aquarius) are: Ptiau, the first; Aeu, the second, Ptēbuou, the third’

— Hephaestion 1.1.205

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 5th century CE
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Πτηβυού (Lemma #2884). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2884/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Πτηβυού (Lemma #2884). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2884/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Πτηβυού (Lemma #2884). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2884/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) Πτηβυού (Lemma #2884), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2884/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2884,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {Πτηβυού ({Lemma} #2884)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2884/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2884/},
}