ἐπανατέλλω
epanatellō

Greek verb

Last edited: 2024-12-02
Primary meaning to rise later
Literal translation to rise
Variants
ἐπανατέλλω epanatellō
ἐπαντέλλω epantellō
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to rise later astronomical event

(...) συνέβαινε γὰρ περὶ τούτους τοὺς τόπους τὴν μὲν νύκτα παντελῶς μικρὰν γίνεσθαι ὡρῶν οἷς μὲν βʹ, οἷς δὲ γʹ, ὥστε μετὰ τὴν δύσιν μικροῦ διαλείμματος γινομένου ἐπανατέλλειν εὐθέως τὸν ἥλιον.

‘For it happens around these places that the night becomes utterly short, 2 hours for some, 3 for others, so that while a small pause is taking place after the setting, the sun is rising straightaway again.’

— Geminus 6.9

Genre: astronomy
Date: 1st century BCE

Geminus. 1975. Géminos, Introduction aux Phénomènes, ed. G. Aujac. Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 34-35


See also

ἀνατέλλω anatellōto rise

ἐπιτέλλω epitellōto rise heliacally

ἐπανατολή epanatolēfollowing rising

τέλλω tellōto rise

παρανατέλλω paranatellōto rise besides

συνανατέλλω sunanatellōto rise simultaneously

προανατέλλω proanatellōto rise earlier

ἐπικαταδύνω epikatadunōto set later

ὑπερτέλλω hupertellōto rise completely

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2024). ἐπανατέλλω (Lemma #297). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/297/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2024). ἐπανατέλλω (Lemma #297). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/297/

MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2024). ἐπανατέλλω (Lemma #297). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/297/

Harvard
Peeters, T. (2024) ἐπανατέλλω (Lemma #297), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/297/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac297,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ἐπανατέλλω ({Lemma} #297)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/297/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/297/},
}