Στίλβων
Stilbōn

Greek adjective

Last edited: 2024-06-26
Primary meaning Mercury
Literal translation shining
Variants
Στίλβων Stilbōn
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Mercury planet

Στίλβων Ἀπόλλωνος

‘The shining one (Mercury), (the star of) Apollo’

— IGLS I 36 (GH –61)

Genre: horoscope

Στίλβων· ὁ τοῦ Ἑρμοῦ ἀστήρ

‘Stilbōn: the star of Hermes.’

— Hesychius σ 1861

Genre: lexicon
Provenance: Alexandria
Date: 4th-6th century CE

Hesychius Alexandrinus. 2005. Hesychii Alexandrini Lexicon, Vol. 3 (Pi - Sigma), ed. P.A. Hansen. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. 350


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Peeters, T., & Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). Στίλβων (Lemma #620). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/620/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T., & Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). Στίλβων (Lemma #620). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/620/

MLA (9th)
Peeters, T., & Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). Στίλβων (Lemma #620). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/620/

Harvard
Peeters, T. and Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024) Στίλβων (Lemma #620), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/620/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac620,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas and Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2024},
	title = {Στίλβων ({Lemma} #620)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/620/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/620/},
}