συνδύνω
sundunō

Greek verb

Last edited: 2024-06-10
Primary meaning to set simultaneously
Literal translation to sink
Variants
συνδύνω sundunō
συνδύομαι sunduomai
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to set simultaneously astronomical event

Εἰσί δὲ δύσεις διτταί· οἵ τε γὰρ ἀφανισμοὶ δύσεις εἰσί· τοῦτο δέ ἐστιν ὅταν ἅμα συνδύνῃ τῷ ἡλίῳ τὸ ἄστρον, καὶ ὅταν ἀνατέλλοντος δύνῃ.

‘And the settings are twofold; for the disappearances are settings; and this happens when the star sets simultaneously with the sun, and when it sets during the rising [of the sun].’

— Theophrastus, On Weather Signs 1.2

Genre: meteorological treatise
Date: 4th/3rd century BCE

Theophrastus. 1916. Enquiry into Plants, Volume II: Books 6-9. On Odours. Weather Signs. Translated by Arthur F. Hort, ed. A.F. Hort. Loeb Classical Library 79. Cambridge Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. 390


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2024). συνδύνω (Lemma #420). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/420/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2024). συνδύνω (Lemma #420). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/420/

MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2024). συνδύνω (Lemma #420). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/420/

Harvard
Peeters, T. (2024) συνδύνω (Lemma #420), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/420/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac420,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {συνδύνω ({Lemma} #420)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/420/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/420/},
}