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saroses

saroses is the plural of saros.

Meaning of saros

Noun

saros (plural saroses or saroi)

  1. (Babylon) A quantity of 3600, such as a period of 3600 years.
  2. A period of 223 synodic months (approximately 18 years 11 days 8 hours), after which the relative positions of the earth, sun and moon recur, used to predict eclipses.
    • Suidas’ system (the lunar system) is as follows: reckoning a round 30 days per lunar month, 1 saros ... = 222 lunar months ... rather than 3600 years, as in the solar system, the neros ... being one sixth of that ... instead of 600 years, as in the solar system, and the sossos ... one tenth of a...The Six Days of Creation, Appendix 3: The Sumerian King List — post-diluvian Section (§589)

Questions about saroses

What is saroses the plural of?
Saroses is the plural of saros.

Words near saroses in the dictionary

  1. Saronic Islands
  2. sarons
  3. sarooj
  4. saropatel
  5. saros
  6. saroses
  7. Sarot
  8. sarothra
  9. sarothrum
  10. Sarouk
  11. Saroukos

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