ἐπικαταδύνω
epikatadunō

Greek verb

Last edited: 2024-12-02
Primary meaning to set later
Literal translation to set
Variants
ἐπικαταδύνω epikatadunō
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to set later 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


See also

δύνω dunōto set

συγκαταδύνω sunkatadunōto set simultaneously

καταδύνω katadunōto set

προδύνω produnōto set earlier

συνδύνω sundunōto set simultaneously

ἐπανατέλλω epanatellōto rise later

ἐπικατάδυσις epikatadusisfollowing setting

προκαταδύνω prokatadunōto set earlier

ἐπιδύνω epidunōto set

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2024). ἐπικαταδύνω (Lemma #460). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/460/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2024). ἐπικαταδύνω (Lemma #460). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/460/

MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2024). ἐπικαταδύνω (Lemma #460). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/460/

Harvard
Peeters, T. (2024) ἐπικαταδύνω (Lemma #460), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/460/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac460,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ἐπικαταδύνω ({Lemma} #460)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/460/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/460/},
}