ἀνατέλλω
anatellō

Greek verb

Last edited: 2024-12-02
Primary meaning to rise
Literal translation to rise
Variants
ἀνατέλλω anatellō
ἀντέλλω antellō
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to rise astronomical event

Ἀπορεῖται δή, πῶς καὶ ἐν ταῖς μακροτάταις καὶ ἐν ταῖς βραχυτάταις νύκτεσιν ἡμικύκλιον τοῦ ζῳδιακοῦ κύκλου καὶ ἀνατέλλει καὶ δύνει.

‘The question is then, how both in the longest and in the shortest nights a semicircle of the zodiacal circle both rises and sets.’

— Geminus 7.14

Genre: astronomy
Date: 1st century BCE

Geminus. 1975. Géminos, Introduction aux Phénomènes, ed. G. Aujac. Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 44


See also

ἀνατολή anatolēdiurnal rising

ἐπιτέλλω epitellōto rise heliacally

ἐπανατέλλω epanatellōto rise later

τέλλω tellōto rise

ἀνορούω anorouōto rise

παρανατέλλω paranatellōto rise besides

συνανατέλλω sunanatellōto rise simultaneously

προανατέλλω proanatellōto rise earlier

ḫꜥappearance

orior to rise

ὑπερτέλλω hupertellōto rise completely

exorior to rise

consurgo to rise

ascendo to rise

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2024). ἀνατέλλω (Lemma #292). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/292/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2024). ἀνατέλλω (Lemma #292). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/292/

MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2024). ἀνατέλλω (Lemma #292). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/292/

Harvard
Peeters, T. (2024) ἀνατέλλω (Lemma #292), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/292/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac292,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ἀνατέλλω ({Lemma} #292)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/292/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/292/},
}