ἐπιμήνιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἐπιμήνιον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[monthly]], <b class="b3">χρεῶν ἐπιμηνίων τόκοι</b> Hondius ''Novae Inscriptiones Atticae'' 91; [[holding office for a month]], [[πολέμαρχος]], [[προμνήμων]], at Chios, ''SIG''402.1, 443.1,2 (iii B.C.); [[ἐπιμήνιοι]], οἱ, [[monthly officers]], ib.58.5 (Milet., v B.C.), ''OGI''229.30(Smyrna, iii B.C.): sg., ''IG''12(2).645b38 (Nesos); <b class="b3">ἐ. τῶν</b> ταμιῶν ''SIG''426.27 (Bargylia, iii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">2</span>. [[priest]]s who offered the [[ἐπιμήνια]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]; ἐπιμηνίους.. οἵτινες ἐχθυσεῦνται τὰ ἱερὰ μετὰ τοῦ ἱερέως ''SIG''1106.63 (Cos), cf. 1044.24 (Halic.), ''Test.Epict.''2.33.<br><span class="bld">II</span>. [[ἐπιμήνια]], τά,<br><span class="bld">1</span>. (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἱερά]]) [[monthly offerings]], Hdt.8.41, Inscr. ap. Ath. 6.234e.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. [[provisions]], [[monthly ration]], POxy.531.17 (ii A.D.), etc.; also [[ἐπιμήνια]] ὀψώνια ''PLond.''2.190.16 (iii A.D.); ὁ ἐπιμήνιος [[σῖτος]] Plu.''Flam.''5; <b class="b3">ὁ λόγος</b> <b class="b3">ὁ ἐπιμήνιος</b> the [[monthly]] [[account]], ''SIG''578.54 (Teos, ii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">b</span>. simply, [[provisions]], for a [[ship]], Plb.31.12.13, Sor.1.19.<br><span class="bld">3</span>. [[monthly courses]] of [[women]], Hp.''Nat.Mul.''13, Sor.1.19 (sg.); [[ἐπιμήνιον]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[αἷμα]]), τό, Dsc.2.79; [[κάθαρσις]] ἐπιμηνίων Aret.''SA''1.9.