Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

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; 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 μεύς Schwyzer 418.15: nom. sg. 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 μήν in Thphr.Sign.27: oblique cases formed from stem μην- , Aeol. μηνν- IG12(2).6.39,al. (Mytil.), Thess. μεινν- ib.9(2).258.5 (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 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 (Arcesine), Eudox.Ars13.13.

2. crescent moon, Thphr.l.c. (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. (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.)