μ̊
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Abbreviation of μοῖρα (moîra) (see μοίρα (moíra))
Noun
[edit]μ̊ • (m̊)
- a degree (°)
- ca. 129 BCE, Hipparchus, Star Catalog :[1]
- Ὁ στέφανος ἐν τῷ βορείῳ ἡμισφαιρίῳ κείμενος κατὰ μῆκος μὲν ἐπέχει μ̊ θ̅ καὶ δ̅ʹ ἀπὸ τῆς α̅ μ̊ τοῦ σκορπίου ἕως ι̅ ⟨καὶ⟩ δ̅ʹ μ̊ τοῦ αὐτοῦ ζῳδίου. Κατὰ πλάτος δ᾽ ἐπέχει μ̊ ς̅ C καὶ δ̅ʹ ἀπὸ μ̅θ̅ μ̊ ἀπὸ τοῦ βορείου πόλου ἕως μ̊ ν̅ε̅ C καὶ δ̅ʹ.
- Ho stéphanos en tôi boreíōi hēmisphairíōi keímenos katà mêkos mèn epékhei m̊ th̅ kaì d̅’ apò tês a̅ m̊ toû skorpíou héōs i̅ ⟨kaì⟩ d̅’ m̊ toû autoû zōidíou. Katà plátos d’ epékhei m̊ s̅ C kaì d̅’ apò m̅th̅ m̊ apò toû boreíou pólou héōs m̊ n̅e̅ C kaì d̅’.
- Corona Borealis, lying in the northern hemisphere, in length spans 9¼° from the first degree of Scorpius to 10¼° in the same zodiacal sign. In breadth it spans 6¾° from 49° from the North Pole to 55¾°.
- Ὁ στέφανος ἐν τῷ βορείῳ ἡμισφαιρίῳ κείμενος κατὰ μῆκος μὲν ἐπέχει μ̊ θ̅ καὶ δ̅ʹ ἀπὸ τῆς α̅ μ̊ τοῦ σκορπίου ἕως ι̅ ⟨καὶ⟩ δ̅ʹ μ̊ τοῦ αὐτοῦ ζῳδίου. Κατὰ πλάτος δ᾽ ἐπέχει μ̊ ς̅ C καὶ δ̅ʹ ἀπὸ μ̅θ̅ μ̊ ἀπὸ τοῦ βορείου πόλου ἕως μ̊ ν̅ε̅ C καὶ δ̅ʹ.
References
[edit]- ^ Gysembergh, V., J. Williams, P., & Zingg, E. (2022). New evidence for Hipparchus' Star Catalogue revealed by multispectral imaging. Journal for the History of Astronomy, 53(4), 383–393. https://doi.org/10.1177/00218286221128289