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ἀνατολή

ἀνατολή, a rising, rise; sunrise, East

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

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