νεομηνία

neomēnia
Greek · noun
Edited by: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
Last edited: 2025-08-18
Meanings
Literal translation
new moon
Categories
point in time

1. beginning of the month

1.a beginning of the month point in time

κατ’ ἀρχαίους δὲ Παχων νεομηνίᾳ εἰς τὴν δευτέραν

‘According to (the calendar of) the ancients, (the nativity was) in Pachon on the first day of the month, (the night leading) into the second’

— P.Lond. I 130 45–48

Genre: horoscope Date: 81 CE

(GH 81)

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). νεομηνία (Lemma #6335). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6335/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). νεομηνία (Lemma #6335). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6335/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). νεομηνία (Lemma #6335). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6335/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) νεομηνία (Lemma #6335), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6335/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac6335,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {νεομηνία ({Lemma} #6335)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6335/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6335/},
}