ἀναβαίνω
anabainō

Greek verb

Last edited: 2024-12-12
Primary meaning to ascend
Literal translation to go up
Variants
ἀναβαίνω anabainō
Edited by
to ascend verb of motion

φοβʹ // συνῆπτεν ἡ σελή[νη ... ἀναβαίνουσα τὰ βόρι[α ... λοιπῶν ἀστέρων [...

‘572 // The moon reached [... ascending the north [... the rest of the stars [...’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4140 i-ii, 6-8

Genre: astronomical list
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus
Date: 2nd century CE

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. I: 100-101 + II: 24-25

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ἀναβαίνω (Lemma #2667). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2667/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ἀναβαίνω (Lemma #2667). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2667/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ἀναβαίνω (Lemma #2667). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2667/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) ἀναβαίνω (Lemma #2667), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2667/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2667,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ἀναβαίνω ({Lemma} #2667)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2667/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2667/},
}