Χοίακ

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian

kAHr
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(kꜣ-ḥr-kꜣ).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Χοίακ • (Khoíak) m (indeclinable)

  1. Choiak, the fourth month of the Ancient Egyptian calendar, corresponding roughly to December
    • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Romulus 12.5, (The date in the quote corresponds to: December 19th, 772 BCE):
      (...) τὴν μὲν ἐν τῇ μητρὶ τοῦ Ῥωμύλου γεγονέναι σύλληψιν ἔτει πρώτῳ τῆς δευτέρας ὀλυμπιάδος ἐν μηνὶ κατ' Αἰγυπτίους Χοιὰκ τρίτῃ καὶ εἰκάδι τρίτης ὥρας
      (...) tḕn mèn en têi mētrì toû Rhōmúlou gegonénai súllēpsin étei prṓtōi tês deutéras olumpiádos en mēnì kat' Aiguptíous Khoiàk trítēi kaì eikádi trítēs hṓras
      (...) that the conception of Romulus in his mother had occured in the first of the second Olympiad, in the month of Choiak (according to the Egyptian calendar), on the twenty-third, on the third hour.
    • 294 CE, Papyrus Harris 1.93, (The date in the quote corresponds to: December 15th, 294 CE):
      (ἔτους) ια καὶ ι καὶ γ Χοίακ ιθ θησαυροῦ νομοῦ βορινοῦ.
      (étous) ia kaì i kaì g Khoíak ith thēsauroû nomoû borinoû.
      In the year , on Choiak 19th, from the granary of the nomos (of) Borinos.

Descendants

  • → English: Choiak

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