ἀναφορ-ά, ἡ,
(ἀναφέρομαι) coming up, rising, ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι rise, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 622b7 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of vapours or exhalations, [[ “Placita Philosophorum” 3.7.4, “Theologumena Arithmeticae” 31, compare 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 9.16.3, etc. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__2 Astron., ascent of a sign measured in degrees of the equator, [[ 2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 134. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2.b Astrology texts, ={ἐπαναφορά},{τόπος} next to a κέντρον, [[ 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 19.18. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2.c ascendant, [[ Cat.Codex Astr. 8(3).100] Refs]; opposed to ἀπόκλιμα, Serapion in [[ “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 1.99, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 5.20, etc. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2.d rising of a sign, [[ 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus “Introductio in Aratum” 39. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II (ἀναφέρω) carrying back, reference of a thing to a standard, διὰ τὸ γίνεσθαι ἐπαίνους δι᾽ ἀναφορᾶς[[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1101b20] Refs 4th c.BC+]; in Law, recourse, ἐκείνοις εἶναι εἰς τοὺς ἔχοντας ἀναφοράν[[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.13: _absolutely_, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 8.5 (_plural_), “IG” 5(1).1390.111 (Andania, 1st c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ ἀ. ἐστι πρός τι[[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Categoriae” 5b20, +others] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀ. ἔχειν πρός or ἐπί τι to be referable to.., [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 409, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.28.3, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.290e, +others] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀ. τινος γίγνεται πρός or ἐπί τι, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.3.4, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1071a; ἐπ᾽ ἀναφορᾷ τῇ πρὸς τὸν δῆμον “BCH” 46.312 (from Teos)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἀ. ἔχειν ἐπί τι, of writings, refer to, [[ 3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “in Aristotelis Meteorologicorum libros commentaria - pars” 4.1] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; τούτων εἰς Κυναίγειρον ποιήσασθαι τὴν ἀναφοράν assign to, give credit for.., [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Polemo Sophista “Callimachus” 23. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]