Aristotle Greek Lexicon ἕνος

ἕνος

henos

belonging to the former of two periods

Appears 195 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἕνος (C), η, ον (so Att. Inscrr., Ar. Nu. 1134, Pl. Cra. 409b; in codd. freq. written ἔνος, as Hes. Op. 770, etc.), A. belonging to the former of two periods (τὸ ἕνον . .· τὸ πρότερον καὶ παρεληλυθὸς δηλοῖ, Harp.; ἔνην· τὴν παλαιάν, Suid.), ὁ νόμος ἐπὶ Κρόνου ἕνος (opp. νεωστί) Dam. Pr. 348: hence, last yearʼs, ἕναι ἀρχαί last yearʼs magistrates, D. 25.20, prob. in Arist. Pol. 1322a12; στρατηγοὶ ἕνοι Id. Ath. 4.2; Ἑλληνοταμίαι ἕνοι IG 12.324.26; ἕνης ἐπιφορᾶς ib.218i38; ἕνος [καρπός] last yearʼs fruit, Thphr. HP 3.4.6; also ἕνος ὄνος a year old, BGU 806: generally, old, by-gone, νέον δέ που καὶ ἕνον ἀεί ἐστι περὶ τὴν σελήνην τοῦτο τὸ φῶς Pl. Cra. 409b:—in Ar. Ach. 610 ἤδη πεπρέσβευκας σὺ πολιὸς ὢν ἕνη, the Sch. takes ἕνη as an Adv. = ἐκ πολλοῦ, long ago; but the passage is prob. corrupt. 2. ἕνη καὶ νέα (sc. ἡμέρα) the old and new day, i.e. the last day of the month, IG 12.374.276, Ar. Nu. 1134sq., Lys. 23.6: first used by Solon, acc. to D.L. 1.57; Σκιροφοριῶνος ἕνῃ καὶ νέᾳ IG 22.916.10, cf. Decr. ap. D. 18.29; ἕνη alone, Hes. Op. 770. (Cf. Lith. sẽnas ‘old’, Lat. senex, etc.)

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