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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀνατέλλω (anatéllō, “rise, grow up”) + -η (-ē, 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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.na.to.lɛ̌ː/ → /a.na.toˈli/ → /a.na.toˈli/
Noun
ἀνατολή • (anatolḗ) f (genitive ἀνατολῆς); first declension
- rising above the horizon (of any heavenly body, especially the sun)
- the direction of sunrise, the East
- (astrology) the ascendant, the point where the eastern horizon intersects the zodiac
- (astrology) the phase of the new moon when 15 degrees away from the sun
- growing, growth
Inflection
Synonyms
- (rising of a star): ἐπιτολή (epitolḗ)
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “rising”): δύσις (dúsis)
Descendants
References
- “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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.