> > "Inscribed on the dial are the Greek word ‘Ksimerini’, or winter on the > upper part >
No doubt "Merini" referring to "day", related to "Mera", meaning "Day", combined with "Xi-", which must mean something like "longest". ; ‘Isimerini’, or solstice, which denotes the equality of day and night in > the middle; and ‘Terini’, or summer in the bottom." > The middle line is for the equinoxes, not a solstice. If it says "Isimerini", then that combines "-merini", referreing to "Day", and something obviously likely to be related to "Iso-" which we all know to mean "same" or "equal". > Ksimerini would in Greek start with Ξ (ksi), but a close look at the > initial, hi-res photo strongly suggests that the first character is X (chi) > Yes, that column of horizontal lines is the Greek capital "Ksee" (as pronounced in English). The lower case would look like a more or less vertical squiggly line. It's pronounced like our English "X". Yes, the Greek letter written as "X", is pronounced like aspirated "k", as in "Loch" or "Achtung". ...and its name "chi", is pronounced in English with that consonant-sound, though we often hear it said as just a "k". I didn't notice the "T" in the word on the Summer-Solstice line. It looked. to me, just like Merine on the top 2 lines, and Erini on the bottom--line. Michael Ossipoff Aprilis 10th, 2020 Aries 22nd 16 F You wrote: , in accordance with what John Davis and John Wilson's wife read. So it seems the names are spelled as follows: XIMEPINH = winter solstice IΣHMEPINH = equinox TEPINH = summer solstice in which X is Greek chi, P is Greek rho, H is Greek eta.
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