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ἕνος

ἕνος, belonging to the former of two periods, last year’s

ἕνος (C), η, ον (so Att. Inscrr., Ar. Nu. 1134, Pl. Cra. 409b; in codd. freq. written ἔνος, as Hes. Op. 770, etc.),
  • belonging to the former of two periods (τὸ ἕνον . .· τὸ πρότερον καὶ παρεληλυθὸς δηλοῖ, Harp.; ἔνην· τὴν παλαιάν, Suid.), ὁ νόμος ἐπὶ Κρόνου ἕνος (opp. νεωστί) Dam. Pr. 348: hence, last yearʼs, ἕναι ἀρχαί last yearʼs magistrates, D. 25.20, prob. in Arist. Pol. 1322a12; στρατηγοὶ ἕνοι Id. Ath. 4.2; Ἑλληνοταμίαι ἕνοι IG 1(2).324.26; ἕνης ἐπιφορᾶς ib. 218i38; ἕνος [καρπός] last yearʼs fruit, Thphr. HP 3.4.6; also ἕνος ὄνος a year old, BGU 806: generally, old, by-gone, νέον δέ που καὶ ἕνον ἀεί ἐστι περὶ τὴν σελήνην τοῦτο τὸ φῶς Pl. Cra. 409b:—in Ar. Ach. 610 ἤδη πεπρέσβευκας σὺ πολιὸς ὢν ἕνη, the Sch. takes ἕνη as an Adv. = ἐκ πολλοῦ, long ago; but the passage is prob. corrupt.
      • 2 ἕνη καὶ νέα (sc. ἡμέρα) the old and new day, i.e. the last day of the month, IG 1(2).374.276, Ar. Nu. 1134 sq., Lys. 23.6: first used by Solon, acc. to D.L. 1.57; Σκιροφοριῶνος ἕνῃ καὶ νέᾳ IG 2(2).916.10, cf. Decr. ap. D. 18.29; ἕνη alone, Hes. Op. 770. (Cf. Lith. sẽnas ‘old’, Lat. senex, etc.)

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