μείς

μείς, μηνός, ὁ, nom. sg.

A

μείς Il.19.117

, Hes.Op.557, h.Merc.11, Anacr.6.1, Pi.N.5.44, Hdt.2.82, Hp.Septim.3 (v.l.), Pl.Cra.409c, Ti. 39c, Arist.GA777b23, Thphr.Sign.27, Call.Hec.1.1.12, SIG1009. 27 (Chalcedon, iii/ii B.C.), 1047.46 (Amorgos, ii/i B.C.), IG9(1).682 (Corc., iv B. C.), Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.199, Eudox.Ars Prooem., 13.1, Ezek.Exag.153, Str.13.1.64, Sammelb.1191; [dialect] Dor.

μής SIG243

D45 (Delph., iv B. C.), IG42(1).102.10 (Epid., iv B. C.), 42.6 (iii B. C.), Tab.Heracl.1.1; Elean [full] μεύς Schwyzer 418.15: nom. sg. [full] μήν Hes.Fr.240 codd., IG12.377.14, al. (v B. C.), 387.32 (v B. C.), Th.5.54, X.HG4.5.1, 7.4.28, LXX 1 Ki.20.24,al., SIG672.85 (Delph., ii B. C.); both μείς and [full] μήν in Thphr.Sign.27: oblique cases formed from stem [pref] μην-, [dialect] Aeol. [pref] μηνν- IG12(2).6.39,al. (Mytil.), Thess. [pref] μεινν- ib.9(2).258.5 ([place name] Cierium); dat. pl.

μησί Hdt.4.43

, 8.51 (v.l. μήνεσἱν)), Pl.Lg.771b,

μησίν SIG45.18

(Halic., v B. C.):—month, Il. l.c., etc.;

τοῦ μὲν φθίνοντος μηνός, τοῦ δ' ἱσταμένοιο Od.14.162

, cf. Hes.Op.780, Th.59;

ἱσταμένου τοῦ μ. εἰνάτη Hdt.6.106

, cf. Th.4.52, etc.; μηνὸς τετάρτῃ φθίνοντος on the fourth day from the end of the month, Foed. ap. eund.5.19; Μαιμακτηριῶνος δεκάτῃ ἀπιόντος, i.e. on the [ per.] 21st, Decr. ap. D.18.37; μηνῶν φθινὰς ἁμέρα the last of the month, E.Heracl.779(lyr.); τελευτῶντος τοῦ μηνός at the end of the lunar month (when there was no moon-light), Th.2.4; ἐκείνου τοῦ μηνός in the course of . . , X.Mem.4.8.2; κατὰ μῆνα monthly, Ar.Nu.1287, etc.;

μισθὸν διδόναι κατὰ μ. D.50.10

; κατὰ μῆνα ἕκαστον, κατὰ μῆνας, Pl.Lg.830d, 762b; ἐκάστου μηνός ib.760d;

τοῦ μηνὸς ἑκάστου Ar.Ach.859

(lyr.); τοῦ μηνός alone, by the month, Id.Nu.612, etc.;

συνόδους ποιεῖσθαι δύο τοῦ μ. Pl.Lg.771d

; τόκον δραχμὴν τοῦ μ. τῆς μνᾶς interest a drachma per mina per month, Aeschin. 3.104; μ. πλήρης, κοῖλος, civil month of 30 or 29 days respectively, Gem.8.3; μ. ἐμβόλιμος intercalary month, Hdt.1.32, IG12(7).237.56 ([place name] Arcesine), Eudox.Ars13.13.

2 crescent moon, Thphr.l.c. ([etym.] μείς); the part of the month corresponding to a phase of the moon, ibid. (μείς and μήν); the visible part of the moon, Chrysipp. l. c. ([etym.] μείς).

3 ornament in form of crescent moon, IG12.387.32 (v B. C., μήν).

b = μηνίσκος 1, prob. in Ar.Av.1115, cf. Cleom.2.5.

II as pr. n., the god Lunus, masc. of Μήνη, Luc.JTr.8. (I.-E. stem mēns- 'moon', 'month', cf. Lat. mensis, gen. pl. mensum, etc.)