ἀνορούω

anorouō
Greek · verb
Edited by: Thomas Peeters
Last edited: 2024-12-17

Meanings
Literal translation
to spring up
Categories
astronomical event
Related Lemmata 16

1. to rise

1.a to rise astronomical event

Ἠέλιος δ’ ἀνόρουσε, λιπὼν περικαλλέα λίμνην, οὐρανὸν ἐς πολύχαλκον, ἵν’ ἀθανάτοισι φαείνοι καὶ θνητοῖσι βροτοῖσιν ἐπὶ ζείδωρον ἄρουραν.

‘The sun sprang up, leaving the very beautiful sea, into the heaven wrought of bronze, to shine for the immortals and the mortal men upon the wheat-giving land.’

— Homer, Odyssey 3.1-3

Genre: epic Date: 8th century BCE

Homer. 1919. Homer. The Odyssey with an English translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes, ed. A.T. Murray. Cambridge Massachusetts: Harvard University Press & London: William Heinemann.


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2024). ἀνορούω (Lemma #350). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/350/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2024). ἀνορούω (Lemma #350). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/350/

MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2024). ἀνορούω (Lemma #350). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/350/

Harvard
Peeters, T. (2024) ἀνορούω (Lemma #350), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/350/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac350,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ἀνορούω ({Lemma} #350)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/350/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/350/},
}