Μεσορί

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Μεσορή (Mesorḗ)

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian mswt-rꜥ.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Μεσορί • (Mesorí) n (indeclinable)

  1. Mesore, the twelfth month of the Ancient Egyptian calendar, corresponding roughly to August
    • 343 CE, Inscriptions métriques de l'Égypte gréco-romaine 149, (The date in the quote corresponds to: august/september Xth, 343 CE):
      ὡς δ’ εἶδον, θυμός μευ ἀγάσσα-/το καὶ τάδ’ ἔγραψα / ἐξ Ἐμίσης Κρονίδης /(...) /ἔτους Διοκλητιανοῦ /νθʹ Με[σορή(?) —ʹ], ἰνδ(ικτίονος) ιηʹ
      hōs d’ eîdon, thumós meu agássa-/to kaì tád’ égrapsa / ex Emísēs Kronídēs /(...) /étous Dioklētianoû /nth’ Me[sorḗ(?) —’], ind(iktíonos) iē’
      "When I saw (it), my soul was ravished and I wrote these things down." / - Cronides, from Emesa / (...) / in the 59th year of Diocletian /on the [Xth] of Mesore, in the 18th indiction

Descendants

  • → English: Mesore

References

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