μ̊

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Abbreviation of μοῖρα (moîra) (see μοίρα (moíra))

Noun

μ̊ • ()

  1. 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 th̅ kaì d̅ʹ apò tês a̅ toû skorpíou héōs i̅ ⟨kaì⟩ d̅ʹ toû autoû zōidíou. Katà plátos d᾽ epékhei s̅ C kaì d̅ʹ apò m̅th̅ apò toû boreíou pólou héōs n̅e̅ C kaì d̅ʹ.
      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°.

References

  1. 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
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