προανατέλλω

proanatellō
Greek · verb
Edited by: Thomas Peeters
Last edited: 2025-02-03

Literal translation
to rise
Categories
astronomical event
Related Lemmata 10

1. to rise earlier

1.a 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


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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: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac387,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {προανατέλλω ({Lemma} #387)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/387/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/387/},
}