Ἐνιαυτός
year
Translated by Catharine Roth21 Oct 2005Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
The Hebrews "number the year according to the lunar course, so that amongst them the month has 29 and a half days. So since the solar cycle has 365 [days], but the lunar [cycle] has 354, the solar year exceeds the lunar year by 11 days. Consequently Greeks and Jews insert three intercalary months [in] eight [years]."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐνιαυτός· οἱ Ἑβραῖοι τὸν ἐνιαυτὸν κατὰ τὸν σεληνιακὸν δρόμον ἀριθμοῦσιν, ὥστε τὸν μῆνα ἡμερῶν εἶναι παρ' αὐτοῖς κθʹ ἥμισυ, ὡς τοῦ μὲν ἡλιακοῦ κύκλου ὑπάρχοντος τξεʹ, τοῦ δὲ σεληνιακοῦ τνδʹ, ὡς τὸν ἡλιακὸν παραλλάσσειν ἐνιαυτὸν ἡμέρας ιαʹ τοῦ σεληνιακοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ. ὥστε Ἕλληνες καὶ Ἰουδαῖοι μῆνας τρεῖς ἐμβολίμους ὀκτὼ παρεμβάλλουσιν.