Meanings
plural parapegmas · plural parapegmata
- A device for keeping track of cyclical events, particularly of stars, weather, seasons, and so on.
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.
2007, Daryn Lehoux, Astronomy, Weather, and Calendars in the Ancient World, page 12Synonyms: almanac
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA device for keeping track of cyclical events, particularly of stars, weather, seasons, and so on.
Origin
- Ancient Greekπαράπηγμα“something fixed on or hung up”
- Latinparapegma
- Englishparapegma
From Latin parapegma, from Ancient Greek παράπηγμα (parápēgma, “something fixed on or hung up”) .
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