ἐπιτέλλω
epitellō

Greek verb

Last edited: 2024-12-02
Primary meaning to rise heliacally
Literal translation to rise
Variants
ἐπιτέλλω epitellō
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to rise heliacally astronomical event

Πληιάδων Ἀτλαγενέων ἐπιτελλομενάων ἄρχεσθ' ἀμήτου, ἀρότοιο δὲ δυσομενάων.

‘When the Pleiades - sprung from Atlas - rise, start with the harvesting, and [start] with the ploughing when they set.’

— Hesiod, Works and Days 383-384

Genre: didactic poem
Date: ca. 700 BCE

Hesiod. 1914. Hesiod. The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, ed. H.G. Evelyn-White. Cambridge Massachusetts: Harvard University Press & London: William Heinemann.


See also

ἐπιτολή epitolēheliacal rising

ἀνατέλλω anatellōto rise

ἐπανατέλλω epanatellōto rise later

τέλλω tellōto rise

ἀνορούω anorouōto rise

παρανατέλλω paranatellōto rise besides

συνανατέλλω sunanatellōto rise simultaneously

προανατέλλω proanatellōto rise earlier

ἐπιδύνω epidunōto set

ὑπερτέλλω hupertellōto rise completely

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2024). ἐπιτέλλω (Lemma #293). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/293/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2024). ἐπιτέλλω (Lemma #293). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/293/

MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2024). ἐπιτέλλω (Lemma #293). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/293/

Harvard
Peeters, T. (2024) ἐπιτέλλω (Lemma #293), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/293/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac293,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ἐπιτέλλω ({Lemma} #293)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/293/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/293/},
}