ἀναφορά
anaphora

Greek noun

Last edited: 2024-12-12
Primary meaning rising time
Literal translation bringing up
Variants
ἀναφορά anaphora
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rising time astronomical quantity

ἔθηκα τὰ ἐλάχιστα τῆς Σελήνης κεʹ ἔτη, καὶ τοῦ Καρκίνου τὴν ἀναφορὰν τοῦ δευτέρου κλίματος ἔτη λβʹ, καὶ τοῦ οἰκοδεσπότου τῆς Σελήνης, Διός, ἔτη ιβʹ· γίνονται ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ἔτη ξθʹ. τοσούτων ἐτῶν ἐτελεύτα.

‘I added the minimum years of the Moon, 25, and the rising time of Cancer for the second clime, 32 years, and of Jupiter, the housemaster of the Moon, 12 years: they total 69 years. That was at his death.’

— Vettius Valens 3.11.15–16

Genre: horoscope
Date: 2nd century CE

(GH L 75)

ascension astronomical quantity

for each degree of each zodiacal sign: the simultaneously rising degree of the equator counted from the vernal equinoctial point (Jones (1999), I: 161)

|| // μοῖ- / ραι / (ἡλίου) || Κ[ριοῦ] // ἀνα- / φορα[ί] || [...

‘|| // degrees of the Sun | of A[ries] // ascensions || ...’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4171 O

Genre: mathematical astronomy: ascension table
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. I: 165 + II: 148-149

This papyrus contains parts of Ptolemy's Handy Tables.

... | [ὡριαῖοι χρ] || Ταύρου / [ἀνα]φοραί | ὡριαῖο[ι] [χρ] || [Δίδυμων] / [ἀναφοραί] | [ὡριαῖ]οι χρ || [Καρκίνου] / ἀναφο[ραί] | ...

‘... | [hourly degrees] || of Taurus / ascensions | hourly degrees || [of Gemini] / [ascensions] | hourly degrees || [of Cancer] / ascensions | ...’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4167 fr. 1, 1-2

Genre: mathematical astronomy: ascension table
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus
Date: 3rd-4th century CE

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. I: 160-162 + II: 118-129

This papyrus contains parts of Ptolemy's Handy Tables.
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APA (7th)
Peeters, T., & Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). ἀναφορά (Lemma #503). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/503/
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Peeters, T., & Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). ἀναφορά (Lemma #503). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/503/
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@misc{zodiac503,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas and Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ἀναφορά ({Lemma} #503)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/503/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/503/},
}