Ζοφομηνία

moon-shadow, moonless night

Translated by David Whitehead18 May 2005Vetting: high3 revisions

6 words

[Meaning] the eclipse of the moon.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ζοφομηνία· ἡ ἔκλειψις τῆς σελήνης.

Betacode

*zofomhni/a: h( e)/kleiyis th=s selh/nhs.

Notes

Headword unattested outside lexicography. (On the dark of the moon see also sigma 679.)
For the first element of the compound, cf. zeta 105, zeta 106, zeta 107.

Linked from2 entries

ζ109Ζόφονdarkness[Meaning] the sunset. For so the sunset is called: darkness.
σ679Σκοτομήνηdark of the moon, moon-darkness[Meaning a] moonless night. Also [sc. attested is the adjective] skotai=os ["in-the-dark"], one who arrives while it is still dark.

Neighbouring entries

ζ106Ζοφοδερκίαςsecret-supper ζ107Ζοφώδηςdark, dusky, gloomy ζ108Ζοφομηνίαmoon-shadow, moonless night ζ109Ζόφονdarkness ζ110ΖῶI live

Revision history3 revisions · last 30 Nov 2012

30 Nov 2012Revised — David Whitehead
19 May 2005augmented notes — David Whitehead
18 May 2005added cross-reference, set status — Catharine Roth
18 May 2005Translated — David Whitehead