1605–15; < Greek sáros ≪ Akkadian shār
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All eclipses belong to a family — called saros — that lasts centuries.
From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2022
But in my model, the 223-tooth gear rotates very slowly to turn the pointer for the saros dial.
From Scientific American • Dec. 14, 2021
On the same fragment, Rehm found the numbers 76, a Greek refinement of the 19-year cycle, and 223, for the number of lunar months in a Babylonian eclipse-prediction cycle called the saros cycle.
From Scientific American • Dec. 14, 2021
On the back plate, the eclipse inscriptions are indexed to markings on the saros dial.
From Scientific American • Dec. 14, 2021
Three of the recurrences will, of course, complete the circuit of the globe; and so the fourth recurrence will duplicate the one which preceded it, three saros returns, or 54 years and 1 month before.
From Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language by Dolmage, Cecil Goodrich Julius
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