προδύνω

produnō
Greek · verb
Edited by: Thomas Peeters
Last edited: 2024-12-02

Literal translation
to set
Categories
astronomical event
Related Lemmata 8

1. to set earlier

1.a to set earlier astronomical event

(...) καὶ ὅταν προδύνῃ τοῦ ἡλίου καὶ ὅταν ἐπικαταδύνῃ τῷ ἡλίῷ, ἐπέστραπται τὸ λαμπρὸν πρὸς τὸν ἥλιον.

‘(...) and when [the Moon] sets before the sun and when it sets after the sun, the bright (side) is turned towards the sun.’

— Geminus 9.1

Genre: astronomy Date: 1st century BCE

Geminus. 1975. Géminos, Introduction aux Phénomènes, ed. G. Aujac. Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 58


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2024). προδύνω (Lemma #458). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/458/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2024). προδύνω (Lemma #458). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/458/

MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2024). προδύνω (Lemma #458). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/458/

Harvard
Peeters, T. (2024) προδύνω (Lemma #458), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/458/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac458,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {προδύνω ({Lemma} #458)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/458/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/458/},
}