ὀκταετηρίς
τὰ πρὸ Εὐκλείδου ἐξετάζειν → investigate what happened before the flood, investigate what happened in the distant past, investigate what happened before Euclid, investigate what happened before the year of Euclid
English (LSJ)
ίδος, ἡ, 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.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ίδος (ἡ) :
période de huit années.
Étymologie: ὀκταέτης.
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.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ὀκταετηρίς: ίδος ἡ восьмилетие Plut.
