neros

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νῆρος (nêros), from Akkadian 𒁹𒌋 (DIŠ.U /⁠nēr⁠/, “600”).

Noun

neros (plural neroses or neroi)

1. (history, Babylon) A period of 600 years.
   • 1872, Arthur Dyot Thomson, On Mankind: Their Origin and Destiny, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 648:

     the progressive subdivisions of the saroses of 3,600 years, of the neroses of 600 years, and of the sosses [sic] of 60 years have the same progression as the divisions and subdivisions of the zodiac

2. (astronomy, archaic, rare) One sixth of a saros, or about three years.

See also

• saros
• sossos

Anagrams

• Ensor, Norse, Roens, Rones, Rosen, noser, oners, renos, rosen, senor, seron, señor, snore