attollo

Latin verb

Last edited: 2024-12-02
Primary meaning to make rise
Literal translation to raise towards
Variants
attollo
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to make rise astronomical event

Nixa genu species et Graio nomine dicta Engonasin, cui nulla fides sub origine constat, dextra per extremos attollit lumina Pisces.

‘The figure on bended knee and called by the Greek name of Engonasin, about whose origin no certainty prevails, brings forth its stars on the right simultaneously with the last portion of the Fishes.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 5.645 ff

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 352-353

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). attollo (Lemma #2521). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2521/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). attollo (Lemma #2521). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2521/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). attollo (Lemma #2521). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2521/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) attollo (Lemma #2521), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2521/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2521,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {attollo ({Lemma} #2521)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2521/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2521/},
}