Μαζουρώθ
Mazouroth
Translated by Ross Scaife ✝13 May 2002Vetting: high9 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the constellations of stars, ordinarily called the zodiac. Some say the word is Hebrew, and that it also signifies the dog star.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μαζουρώθ· τὰ συστήματα τῶν ἀστέρων, ἃ ἐν τῇ συνηθείᾳ ζῴδια καλοῦνται. Ἑβραϊστὶ δὲ τινές φασι λέγεσθαι τὴν λέξιν, σημαίνειν δὲ καὶ τὸν ἀστρῷον κύνα.
Betacode
*mazourw/q: ta\ susth/mata tw=n a)ste/rwn, a(\ e)n th=| sunhqei/a| zw/|dia kalou=ntai. *(ebrai+sti\ de\ tine/s fasi le/gesqai th\n le/cin, shmai/nein de\ kai\ to\n a)strw=|on ku/na.
Notes
- Likewise in other lexica: see the references at Photius mu21 Theodoridis.
The headword is a transliterated Hebrew word, and the comment comes from ancient commentary on Job 38:32, which has מזרות mazarot. But 2 Kings 23:5 (corresponding to IV Kingdoms 23.5 LXX) has מזלות mazalot, which is the more common form; and the Septuagint hasmazourw/q in both places. Mazarot may be a very unusual variant for mazalot, which means the 12 constellations. Notice the Vulgate to 2 Kings 23:5, which explicitly says the 12 constellations. (note from Raphael Finkel).
Extensive notes on this word are available at web address 1. On the zodiac, see zeta 123, epsilon 2824, kappa 2654; on the dog star, see sigma 285.
External resources
- Web address 1 mazzaroth.com
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Revision history9 revisions · last 17 May 2016
- coding etc. — David Whitehead
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- another note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Added Hebrew — Raphael Finkel
- retrieved appropriate keywords — David Whitehead
- more cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- cosmetics and cross-references — Catharine Roth
- slight expansion of note; more keywords — David Whitehead
- augmented note — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Ross Scaife ✝