〈MUL₂ KUR ša₂ DUR nu-nu〉 kakkabu ba'lu ša rikis nūni ‘η Piscium’
〈Ἰχθύες〉 Ichthues ‘Pisces’
〈Λίνοι〉 Linoi ‘Cords’
〈βόρειος〉 boreios ‘northern’
〈Νότιος Λίνος〉 Notios Linos ‘Southern Cord’
〈Σύνδεσμος〉 Sundesmos ‘Knot (α Piscium)’
Βόρειος Λίνος
Boreios Linos
Greek noun
Last edited: 2025-02-26| Primary meaning | Northern Cord |
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| Literal translation | Northern Cord |
| Variants | Βόρειος Λίνος Boreios Linos Βόρειος Λήνος Boreios Lēnos |
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Northern Cord part of constellation
part of Cords; corresponding to ο+π+η+ρ Piscium when defined as 4 stars (Ptolemy); likely corresponding to the same 4 stars + α Piscium (Knot) when defined as 5 stars (Geminus)
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). Βόρειος Λίνος (Lemma #2904). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2904/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). Βόρειος Λίνος (Lemma #2904). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2904/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). Βόρειος Λίνος (Lemma #2904). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2904/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) Βόρειος Λίνος (Lemma #2904), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2904/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2904,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Peeters, Thomas},
year = {2025},
title = {Βόρειος Λίνος ({Lemma} #2904)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2904/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2904/},
}