Λίνοι
Linoi

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-02-25
Primary meaning Cords
Literal translation Cords
Variants
Λίνοι Linoi
Λίνον Linon singular
Λήνον Lēnon singular
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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.’

— Geminus 3.7

Genre: astronomy
Date: 1st century BCE

Geminus. 1975. Géminos, Introduction aux Phénomènes, ed. G. Aujac. Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 19

Some manuscripts have the variant Λίνον or Λήνον, thus not taking both cords together as a constellation but distinguishing them into two constellations immediately, as two separate cords from two separate fish.


Cite this entry
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: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2903,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {Λίνοι ({Lemma} #2903)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2903/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2903/},
}