A.new moon : the first of the month, Pi.l. c., Antipho Fr.58 (pl.), Ar.Eq.43, Ach.999 (pl.), etc. ; ν. κατὰ σελήνην to denote the true or natural new moon, as opp. to the νουμηνία of the calendars, Th.2.28 ; also “ἡ κατὰ θεὸν ν.” PMag.Par.1.787, 2389 ; ν. τοῦ ἔτους, of the spring equinox, Ptol.Tetr.91.
νουμην-ία , ἡ, Att. contr. for νεομηνία (which occurs in Pi.N.4.35, Hdt.6.57 (pl.), PMag.Leid.W.1.28,9.43 (pl.), Gal.14.298):—also νευμηνία , SIG1106.19 (Cos, iv/iii B.C.) ; νεμονηΐα , GDI5015.28, al. (Crete) ; νομενία , PCair.Zen.167.5 (iii B.C.):—