ἀνατολή

See also: ανατολή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἀντολή (antolḗ) — poetic

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

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.na.to.lɛ̌ː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.na.toˈle̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.na.toˈli/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.na.toˈli/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /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

First declension of ἡ ἀνατολή; τῆς ἀνατολῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀνατολή hē anatolḗ	τὼ ἀνατολᾱ́ tṑ anatolā́	αἱ ἀνατολαί hai anatolaí
Genitive	τῆς ἀνατολῆς tês anatolês	τοῖν ἀνατολαῖν toîn anatolaîn	τῶν ἀνατολῶν tôn anatolôn
Dative	τῇ ἀνατολῇ tēî anatolēî	τοῖν ἀνατολαῖν toîn anatolaîn	ταῖς ἀνατολαῖς taîs anatolaîs
Accusative	τὴν ἀνατολήν tḕn anatolḗn	τὼ ἀνατολᾱ́ tṑ anatolā́	τᾱ̀ς ἀνατολᾱ́ς tā̀s anatolā́s
Vocative	ἀνατολή anatolḗ	ἀνατολᾱ́ anatolā́	ἀνατολαί anatolaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

(rising of a star): ἐπιτολή (epitolḗ)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “rising”): δύσις (dúsis)

Coordinate terms

compass points: ^[edit]

	ἄρκτος (árktos) Βορέας (Boréas)
δύσις (dúsis) Ζέφυρος (Zéphuros)		ἀνατολή (anatolḗ) Εὖρος (Eûros)
	μεσημβρία (mesēmbría) Νότος (Nótos)

Descendants

Greek: ανατολή (anatolí)
English: Anatolia (“Asia Minor”)
French: Anatole (“male name”)
Russian: Анато́лий (Anatólij, “male name”)
Ottoman Turkish: آناطولی
- Arabic: الأناضول
- Turkish: Anadolu

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- rise idem, page 717.