Παχών
Pachōn

Greek noun
loaned from Egyptian

Last edited: 2024-11-03
Primary meaning Pachon (month IX)
Literal translation Pachon
Variants
Παχών Pachōn
Παχώ Pachō abbreviation
Παχ Pach abbreviation
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Pachon (month IX) month, time interval

month IX in the Alexandrian and Egyptian calendar

...] Παχών | ιε β . [...

‘...] Pachon | 15 2 x [...’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4154 5

Genre: mathematical astronomy: epoch table
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus
Date: 2nd/3rd century CE

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. I: 126-128 + II: 70-71

...] ζ μθ λ .η λδ Παχω [...

‘...] 7 49 30 x8 34 Pacho(n) [...’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4212 9

Genre: mathematical astronomy: five-day almanac
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus
Date: after 218 CE

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. I: 226 + II: 314-315

A horizontal bar is written above and to the right of the ω to indicate that it is an abbreviation.

...Π]αχ [...] ε .θ νδ [...

‘...P]ach(on) [...] 5 x9 54 [...’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4212 10

Genre: mathematical astronomy: five-day almanac
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus
Date: after 218 CE

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. I: 226 + II: 314-315

The χ is written in superscript.
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2024). Παχών (Lemma #762). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/762/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2024). Παχών (Lemma #762). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/762/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2024). Παχών (Lemma #762). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/762/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2024) Παχών (Lemma #762), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/762/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac762,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {Παχών ({Lemma} #762)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/762/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/762/},
}