parapegma
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin parapegma, from Ancient Greek παράπηγμα (parápēgma, “something fixed on or hung up”) .[1]
Noun[edit]
parapegma (plural parapegmas or parapegmata)
- A device for keeping track of cyclical events, particularly of stars, weather, seasons, and so on.
- 2007, Daryn Lehoux, Astronomy, Weather, and Calendars in the Ancient World, page 12:
- At its most basic, the word parapegma (plural:parapegmata) describes any instrument that tracked cyclical phenomena by the use of a moveable peg or pegs.