Χοίακ
Choiak

Greek noun
loaned from Egyptian

Last edited: 2024-11-03
Primary meaning Choiak (month IV)
Literal translation Choiak
Variants
Χοίακ Choiak
Edited by
Choiak (month IV) month, time interval

month IV in the Alexandrian and Egyptian calendar

...] (ἔτος) β | Χοίακ | κ κ[...

‘...] year 2 | Choiak | 20 2[x ...’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4160 38

Genre: mathematical astronomy: epoch table
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus
Date: after 79 CE

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. I: 145-148 + II: 88-91

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2024). Χοίακ (Lemma #757). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/757/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2024). Χοίακ (Lemma #757). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/757/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2024). Χοίακ (Lemma #757). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/757/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2024) Χοίακ (Lemma #757), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/757/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac757,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {Χοίακ ({Lemma} #757)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/757/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/757/},
}