| ortus | Latin | rising , ascendant , sunrise , heliacal rising , east |
| 〈anafora〉 ‘rising time’ | Latin | rising time , place of the rising up , the sign after a cardinal point |
| 〈horoscopus〉 ‘ascendant’ | Latin | ascendant |
| 〈cardo〉 ‘cardinal point’ | Latin | cardinal point , pole |
| 〈anatole〉 ‘ascendant’ | Latin | ascendant |
| 〈exortus〉 ‘heliacal rising’ | Latin | heliacal rising , ascendant |
| 〈occidens〉 ‘west’ | Latin | west |
| 〈oriens〉 ‘east’ | Latin | east |
| 〈hora〉 ‘hour’ | Latin | ascendant , hour |
| 〈rabû〉 ŠU₂ ‘west’ | Akkadian | west , setting , last appearance |
| 〈amurru〉 MAR ‘west’ | Akkadian | west , west wind |
| 〈ereb Šamši〉 ᵈUTU.ŠU₂.A ‘west’ | Akkadian | west |
| 〈šadû〉 KUR ‘east’ | Akkadian | east , east wind |
| 〈ṣīt Šamši〉 ᵈUTU.E₃.A ‘East’ | Akkadian | East |
| 〈?〉 NIM ‘east’ | Akkadian | east |
| 〈ṣītān〉 GIŠ.NIM ‘east’ | Akkadian | east |
| 〈rꜥ-ḫꜥ〉 ‘ascendant’ | Egyptian | rising , ascendant |
| 〈ἀνατολή〉 anatolē ‘diurnal rising’ | Greek | diurnal rising , heliacal rising , east , cardinal point |
| 〈ἐπιτολή〉 epitolē ‘heliacal rising’ | Greek | heliacal rising |
| 〈ὡροσκόπος〉 hōroskopos ‘ascendant’ | Greek | ascendant |
| 〈ἀνατολικὸν κέντρον〉 anatolikon kentron ‘Ascendant’ | Greek | Ascendant |
| 〈ὥρα〉 hōra ‘hour’ | Greek | hour , ascendant |
| 〈οἴαξ〉 oiax ‘ascendant’ | Greek | ascendant |
| 〈ὡρονόμος〉 hōronomos ‘Ascendant’ | Greek | Ascendant |
| 〈קֶדֶם〉 qed̲em ‘east’ | Hebrew | east |
| 〈קָדִים〉 qād̲îm ‘east’ | Hebrew | east |
| 〈מִזְרָח〉 mizrāḥ ‘east’ | Hebrew | east |