Ἔνη
the day after tomorrow; the old
Translated by Robert Dyer20 Feb 2003Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
"To be present [again] on the e)/nh ".1 That is on the third [sc. day]. "Do not put off to tomorrow or the day after."2 Some [say] 'to the 30th'. But Attic writers also call e)/nh the bygone [sc. cycle, etc.]. Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Aristogiton [writes]: "the old magistracies to make way for the new."3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἔνη· παρεῖναι δ' εἰς ἔνην. οἷον εἰς τρίτην. μηδ' ἀναβάλλεσθαι ἔστ' αὔριον ἔστ' ἔνηφι. τινὲς δὲ εἰς τριακάδα. Ἀττικοὶ δὲ καλοῦσιν ἔνην καὶ τὴν παλαιάν. Δημοσθένης ἐν τῷ κατ' Ἀριστογείτονος· τὰς ἔνας ἀρχὰς ταῖς νέαις ὑπεξιέναι.
Betacode
*)/enh: parei=nai d' ei)s e)/nhn. oi(=on ei)s tri/thn. mhd' a)naba/llesqai e)/st' au)/rion e)/st' e)/nhfi. tine\s de\ ei)s triaka/da. *)attikoi\ de\ kalou=sin e)/nhn kai\ th\n palaia/n. *dhmosqe/nhs e)n tw=| kat' *)aristogei/tonos: ta\s e)/nas a)rxa\s tai=s ne/ais u(pecie/nai.
Notes (3)
- The entry draws on the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 172 (here quoted), but omits one sentence explicating the context.↩
- 1Aristophanes, Acharnians 172, where our texts read aspirated
e(/nhn , following the distinction made in Harpocration (epsilon54 Keaney) and other lexica (see epsilon 1295), rather than the smooth breathing in this citation and at Hesychius epsilon1116. The assembly has been adjourned and the Thracians are invited to return two days later (on the third day under Greek inclusive reckoning). Cf. delta 1205. ↩- 2Hesiod, Works and Days 410 (later proverbial). On the form of the headword see epsilon 1325. At line 770 Hesiod uses it in its other sense for the end of one month and beginning of the next, in Attic (see note 1) aspirated but not in the Suda. For this confusing situation see M.L. West ad loc., epsilon 1295 and Lexikon des frühgriechischen Epos 1.583-84. Aristophanes has an amusing dialogue on the problems caused by the Athenian term for the 30th of the month at Clouds 1178-1200 (web address 1)(see epsilon 1292). ↩
- 3Demosthenes 25.20; cf. LSJ s.v. (C).
- 1Aristophanes, Acharnians 172, where our texts read aspirated
References
Mikalson J.D., The Sacred and Civil Calendar of the Athenian Year, Princeton, 1975.
Meritt B.D., The Athenian Year, Berkeley-Los Angeles 1961.
Meritt B.D., The Athenian Year, Berkeley-Los Angeles 1961.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from5 entries
- ε1292Ἔνη καὶ νέαold and newThe so-called thirtieth [sc. day of the month]; e)/non [is] what is ancient, and ne/on what is new. In/on which such bloodshed would have occurred. In the present instance he says ["bloodshed"] as [sc. Homer says]…
- ε1293Ἔνη καὶ νέαold and newAmongst Athenians this was the name for what we call the thirtieth [day of the month], the new moon, because in these days it happens that the moon has both its end and its rising. It was then that they used to demand…
- ε1295Ἔνηthe day after tomorrow, the second day afterThe third day of the [sc. new] moon. Aristophanes [writes]: "take courage, you will be on time even if you come the day after tomorrow." Meaning up to the third [day]. "For I know these people, voting quickly, but then,…
- ε1298Ἐνήday after tomorrowWith acute accent on the last syllable [it means] new.
- ε1325Ἔνηφιon the day after tomorrow[Meaning] after the third [day].
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Revision history6 revisions · last 11 Jan 2016
- updated a ref; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- adjusted bibliography — David Whitehead
- Revised — Antonella Ippolito
- augmented keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Robert Dyer