τῆς ἐν τῷ στήθει νεφελοειδοῦς συστροφῆς καλουμένης Φάτνης τὸ μέσον
tēs en tōi stēthei nepheloeidous sustrophēs kaloumenēs Phatnēs to meson

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-05-28
Primary meaning NGC 2632 M44
Literal translation The middle of the nebulous mass in the chest, called Praesepe
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τῆς ἐν τῷ στήθει νεφελοειδοῦς συστροφῆς καλουμένης Φάτνης τὸ μέσον tēs en tōi stēthei nepheloeidous sustrophēs kaloumenēs Phatnēs to meson
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NGC 2632 M44 star

τῆς ἐν τῷ στήθει νεφελοειδοῦς συστροφῆς καλουμένης Φάτνης τὸ μέσον

‘The middle of the nebulous mass in the chest, called Praesepe [NGC 2632 M44]’

— Ptolemy, Almagest 7

Genre: astronomical treatise
Date: 2nd century CE

Ptolemy. 1903. Claudii Ptolemaei opera quae exstant omnia volumen I, Syntaxis Mathematica Pars II, Libros VII-XIII continens, ed. J.L. Heiberg. Leipzig: B.G. Teubner. 84–129

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). τῆς ἐν τῷ στήθει νεφελοειδοῦς συστροφῆς καλουμένης Φάτνης τὸ μέσον (Lemma #5725). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5725/
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Meinhardt, K. (2025). τῆς ἐν τῷ στήθει νεφελοειδοῦς συστροφῆς καλουμένης Φάτνης τὸ μέσον (Lemma #5725). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5725/
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Meinhardt, K. (2025). τῆς ἐν τῷ στήθει νεφελοειδοῦς συστροφῆς καλουμένης Φάτνης τὸ μέσον (Lemma #5725). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5725/
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Meinhardt, K. (2025) τῆς ἐν τῷ στήθει νεφελοειδοῦς συστροφῆς καλουμένης Φάτνης τὸ μέσον (Lemma #5725), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5725/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
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@misc{zodiac5725,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {τῆς ἐν τῷ στήθει νεφελοειδοῦς συστροφῆς καλουμένης Φάτνης τὸ μέσον ({Lemma} #5725)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5725/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5725/},
}