ἀνατολή

Ancient Greek

noun
Definitions
  • rising above the horizon (of any heavenly body)
  • 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

Etymology

Affix from Ancient Greek ἀνατέλλω (rise, grow up) root from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (turn, move, going around, revolve, far, dwell, and therefore to sojourn, revolve around).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*kʷel-

Gloss

turn, move, going around, revolve, far, dwell, and therefore to sojourn, revolve around

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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