ἐπιμήνι-ος,ον,
A. monthly,χρεῶν -ίων τόκοιHondiusNovae Inscriptiones Atticae
91 ;holding office for a month,πολέμαρχος, προμνήμων, at Chios, SIG 402.1 , 443.1 , 2
(iii B.C.);ἐπιμήνιοι,οἱ ,monthly officers, ib. 58.5 (Milet.,v B.C.), OGI 229.30 (Smyrna,iii B.C.): sg., IG 12(2).645b38 (Nesos);ἐ. τῶν
ταμιῶν
SIG 426.27
(Bargylia,iii B.C.).
2. .priests who offered the ἐπιμήνια, Hsch. ; ἐπιμηνίους . . οἵτινες ἐχθυσεῦνται τὰ ἱερὰ μετὰ τοῦ ἱερέως
SIG 1106.63
(Cos), cf. 1044.24 (Halic.), Test.Epict. 2.33 .
II. .ἐπιμήνια,τά,
1. . (sc.ἱερά)monthly offerings, Hdt. 8.41 , Inscr. ap. Ath. 6.234e .
2. .provisions, monthly ration,
POxy. 531.17