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1540. The dative denotes the time at which an action takes place and the date of an event.

ταύτην μὲν τὴν ἡμέρα_ν αὐτοῦ ἔμειναν, τῇ δὲ ὑστεραίᾳ κτλ. throughout that day they waited there, but on the day following, etc. X. H. 1.1.14. So τῇ προτεραίᾳ the day before, τῇ δευτέρᾳ the second day, Ἐλαφηβολιῶνος μηνὸς ἕκτῃ (ἡμέρᾳ) ““φθίνοντος” on the sixth of waning Elaphebolion” Aes. 2.90, ““ἕνῃ καὶ ϝέᾳ” on the last of the month” D. 18.29; ““τρίτῳ μηνί” in the third month” L. 21.1, ““περιιόντι τῷ θέρει” when summer was coming to an end” T. 1.30, ἐξηκοστῷ ἔτει in the sixtieth year 1. 12; also with ὥρᾳ (““χειμῶνος ὥρᾳ” in the winter season” And. 1.137).

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