Παῦνι
Pauni

Greek noun
loaned from Egyptian

Last edited: 2024-12-09
Primary meaning Pauni (month X)
Literal translation Pauni
Variants
Παῦνι Pauni
Παοῖνι Paoini
Παῦν Paun abbreviation
Edited by
Pauni (month X) month, time interval

month X in the Alexandrian and Egyptian calendar

...] Παῦνι

‘...] Pauni’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4210 fr. 1, V: 11

Genre: mathematical astronomy: five-day almanac
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus
Date: after 302 CE

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. I: 224-225 + II: 308-311

Γένεσις Ἀπίας. (ἔτους) αʹ Κάρου καὶ Καρίνου καὶ Νουμεριανοῦ, Παοῖνι κεʹ εἰς κϛʹ, νοικτὸς ὅρᾳ δʹ.

‘Nativity of Apia. Year 1 of Karos and Karinos and Noumerianos, Pauni 25th until 26th, hour 4 of the night.’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4258

Genre: horoscope
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus
Date: after 283 CE

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. I: 267 + II: 396-397

...]. | | χιʹ ζʹ | Παῦν | [...

‘...]x | | 610 7 | Paun(i) | [...’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4157 2

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: 135-136 + II: 80-81

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APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2024). Παῦνι (Lemma #763). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/763/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2024). Παῦνι (Lemma #763). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/763/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2024). Παῦνι (Lemma #763). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/763/
Harvard
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BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac763,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {Παῦνι ({Lemma} #763)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/763/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/763/},
}