ἀνατέλλω

anatellō
Greek · verb
variant ἀντέλλω : antellō
Edited by: Thomas Peeters
Last edited: 2024-12-02
Meanings
Literal translation
to rise
Categories
astronomical event
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1. to rise

1.a 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

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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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac292,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ἀνατέλλω ({Lemma} #292)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/292/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/292/},
}