Λίνοι
Linoi
Greek · noun
variants Λίνον : Linon , Λήνον : Lēnon
Edited by: Thomas Peeters Last edited: 2025-02-25
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1. Cords
1.a Cords part of constellation
part of Pisces; divided into the Northern Cord and the Southern Cord
Οἱ δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν οὐραίων μερῶν τῶν Ἰχθύων κατὰ τὸ ἑξῆς κείμενοι ἀστέρες Λίνοι προσαγορεύεται· εἰσί δὲ ἐν μὲν τῷ νοτίῳ λίνῳ ἀστέρες θʹ, ἐν δὲ τῷ βορείῳ λίνῳ ἀστέρες εʹ· ὁ δὲ ἐν ἄκρῳ τῷ λίνῳ κείμενος λαμπρὸς ἀστὴρ Σύνδεσμος προσαγορεύτεται.
‘The stars lying from the tail parts of Pisces in a row are called Cords; in the southern cord there are 9 stars, in the northern cord there are 5 stars; the bright star lying on the tip of the cord is called Knot.’
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2025). Λίνοι (Lemma #2903). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2903/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). Λίνοι (Lemma #2903). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2903/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). Λίνοι (Lemma #2903). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2903/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) Λίνοι (Lemma #2903), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2903/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2903,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
author = {Peeters, Thomas},
year = {2025},
title = {Λίνοι ({Lemma} #2903)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2903/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2903/},
}