Σύνδεσμος

Sundesmos
Greek · noun
Edited by: Thomas Peeters
Last edited: 2025-02-25

Literal translation
Knot
Categories
star
part of constellation
Related Lemmata 3

1. Knot (α Piscium)

1.a Knot (α Piscium) star, part of constellation

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


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APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2025). Σύνδεσμος (Lemma #2906). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2906/

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Peeters, T. (2025). Σύνδεσμος (Lemma #2906). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2906/

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Peeters, T. (2025). Σύνδεσμος (Lemma #2906). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2906/

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Peeters, T. (2025) Σύνδεσμος (Lemma #2906), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2906/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2906,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {Σύνδεσμος ({Lemma} #2906)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2906/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2906/},
}