ἀνατολή

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From ἀνατέλλω (anatéllō, rise, grow up) +‎ (, verbal noun suffix), from ἀνά (aná, up) + τέλλω (téllō, I perform, accomplish, rise), related either to τέλος (télos, accomplishment, fulfillment) or to ἔτλην (étlēn, endure).

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Noun

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ἀνατολή (anatolḗf (genitive ἀνατολῆς); first declension

  1. rising above the horizon (of any heavenly body, especially the sun)
  2. the direction of sunrise, the East
  3. (astrology) the ascendant, the point where the eastern horizon intersects the zodiac
  4. (astrology) the phase of the new moon when 15 degrees away from the sun
  5. growing, growth

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References

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  • ἀνατολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ἀνατολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ἀντολή in (no entry for the specified headword) Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • G395 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
    • rise idem, page 717.