ἀνατολή
anatole
rising
Appears 25 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀνατολή, poet. ἀντ-, (ἀνατέλλω) A. rising above the horizon, of any heavenly body, e.g. the sun, freq. in pl., ἀντολαὶ ἠελίοιο Od. 12.4, Ph. 504:—also in sg., ἀπʼ ἀνατολᾶς ἁλίου ἄχρι δύσεως IG 4.606; δύσεώς τε καὶ ἀνατολῆς ἡλίου καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἄστρων Plt. 269a, cf. Lg. 807e; dist. from ἐπιτολή (q.v.), 13.3. 2. = ἐπιτολή, Pr. 457, Ag. 7; περὶ Ὠρίωνος ἀνατολήν Mete. 361b23; ἀπὸ Πλειάδος ἀ. HA 599b11. 3. the quarter of sunrise, east, opp. δύσις, freq. in pl., ἀπὸ ἡλίου ἀνατολέων 4.8; ἡλίου πρὸς ἀντολάς Pr. 707; without ἡλίου, πρὸς ἀνατολάς HP 9.15.2, Mon.Anc.Gr. 14.12; πρὸς τὰς ἀ. 2.14.4; ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν Nu. 23.7, Ev.Matt. 2.1, etc. b. the ascendant, i.e. the point where the eastern horizon cuts the zodiac, Tetr. 20. c. phase of new moon when 150 distant from sun, Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(4).204, G. 3. 4. in pl., sources of a river, 2.17.4. II. growing, of the teeth, HA 501b28; of the white at the root of the nails, 2.146: pl., ἀγρὸς ἀνατολὰς καὶ βλάστας ἔχει 1.68, cf. Je. 23.5, al.
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