παρανατολή

paranatolē
Greek · noun
Edited by: Thomas Peeters
Last edited: 2024-06-10

Literal translation
rising
Categories
astronomical event
Related Lemmata 6

1. adjacent rising

1.a adjacent rising astronomical event

Διὸ τάς τε ἀνατολὰς καὶ παρανατολὰς τῆς κατὰ μῆκος κινήσεως καὶ τὰς ἀπὸ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων ἀποδιδομένας ἐκλύτους καὶ ῥᾳθύμους αἰτίας τῆς ὑπολείψεως λεγομένης παραιτεῖται.

‘For this reason he (i.e. Eudemus) rejects the risings and adjacent risings as (effects) of movement in longitude and the explanations rendered by the elders as weak and facile causes of the direct motion.’

— Theon of Smyrna, On Mathematics Useful for the Understanding of Plato 41

Genre: handbook Date: 2nd century CE

Theon of Smyrna. 1892. Théon de Smyrne, philosophe platonicien. Exposition des connaissances utiles pour la lecture de Platon, traduite pour la première fois du grec en français, ed. J. Dupuis. Paris: Librairie Hachette. 324, lines 3-6


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APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2024). παρανατολή (Lemma #385). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/385/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2024). παρανατολή (Lemma #385). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/385/

MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2024). παρανατολή (Lemma #385). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/385/

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Peeters, T. (2024) παρανατολή (Lemma #385), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/385/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

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@misc{zodiac385,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {παρανατολή ({Lemma} #385)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/385/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/385/},
}