προανατέλλω
proanatellō

Greek verb

Last edited: 2025-02-03
Primary meaning to rise earlier
Literal translation to rise
Variants
προανατέλλω proanatellō
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to rise earlier astronomical event

Εἰ δέ γε ἀπὸ τῆς ἀνατολῆς ἐπὶ τὴν δύσιν ἐφέρετο ὁ ἥλιος, ἀεὶ τοὺς προανατέλλοντας ἀστέρας ἀθεωρήτους ἂν εἶναι συνέβαινεν· (...)

‘But if the sun would be moving from the east to the west, it would follow that the stars rising slightly earlier would always be unperceivable; (...)’

— Geminus 12.7

Genre: astronomy
Date: 1st century BCE

Geminus. 1975. Géminos, Introduction aux Phénomènes, ed. G. Aujac. Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 64


See also

ἀνατέλλω anatellōto rise

ἐπιτέλλω epitellōto rise heliacally

ἐπανατέλλω epanatellōto rise later

παρανατέλλω paranatellōto rise besides

συνανατέλλω sunanatellōto rise simultaneously

τέλλω tellōto rise

ἀνορούω anorouōto rise

προανατολή proanatolēleading rising

προκαταδύνω prokatadunōto set earlier

ὑπερτέλλω hupertellōto rise completely

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2025). προανατέλλω (Lemma #387). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/387/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). προανατέλλω (Lemma #387). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/387/

MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). προανατέλλω (Lemma #387). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/387/

Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) προανατέλλω (Lemma #387), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/387/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac387,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {προανατέλλω ({Lemma} #387)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/387/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/387/},
}