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ἔμμηνος , ον, (μήν)
A.lasting a month, ἔμμηνον τὰν περίοδον ἀποδίδωτι, of the moon, Ti.Locr.96d; περίοδος, of women, Plu.2.495e; “ἔργον” Pl.Lg.956a.
II. done or paid every month, monthly, “ἱερά” S.El. 281, Pl.Lg.828c; “σιτηρέσιον” Plu.Caes.8; “ἁρμαλιήν” Theoc.16.35.
2. in Law, ἔ. δίκαι suits in which judgement must be given within thirty days, D.37.2, Arist.Ath.52.2; εἰσάγειν ἔμμηνα ib.3.
3. ἔ., τά, the menses of women, Dsc.3.36,al.: sg., Sor.1.19.
III. neut. ἔμμηνα as Adv., in the course of a month, IG12.65.47.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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    • Aristotle, Constitution of the Athenians, 3
    • Aristotle, Constitution of the Athenians, 52.2
    • Demosthenes, Against Pantaenetus, 2
    • Plato, Laws, 828c
    • Plato, Laws, 956a
    • Sophocles, Electra, 281
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