νεομηνία
neomēnia

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-08-18
Primary meaning first day of the month
Literal translation new moon
Variants
νεομηνία neomēnia
Edited by
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: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac6335,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {νεομηνία ({Lemma} #6335)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6335/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6335/},
}