ὀκταετηρίς
ὥσπερ γὰρ ζώου τῶν ὄψεων ἀφαιρεθεισῶν ἀχρειοῦται τὸ ὅλον, οὕτως ἐξ ἱστορίας ἀναιρεθείσης τῆς ἀληθείας τὸ καταλειπόμενον αὐτῆς ἀνωφελὲς γίνεται διήγημα → for just as a living creature which has lost its eyesight is wholly incapacitated, so if history is stripped of her truth all that is left is but an idle tale | for, just as closed eyes make the rest of an animal useless, what is left from a history blind to the truth is just a pointless tale
English (LSJ)
ίδος, ἡ,
A cycle of eight years, used at Athens before Meton's time for bringing the lunar and solar years together, 3 months being intercalated to complete the sum of 2,922 days, Eudox.Ars 13.12, Str.7.5.5, Gem.8.27 sqq., Placit. 2.32.2.
German (Pape)
[Seite 317] ίδος, ἡ, Zeitraum von acht Jahren, Plut. plac. phil. 2, 32.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὀκταετηρίς: -ίδος, ἡ, κύκλος ὀκτὼ ἐτῶν, ἐν χρήσει παρ’ Ἀθηναίοις πρὸ τῶν χρόνων τοῦ Μέτωνος πρὸς συμβιβασμὸν τοῦ σεληνιακοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἡλιακοῦ ἔτους, παρεμβαλλομένων τριῶν μηνῶν εἰς συμπλήρωσιν κύκλου ἡμερῶν 2922, Πλούτ. 2. 892Β.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ίδος (ἡ) :
période de huit années.
Étymologie: ὀκταέτης.
