νουμην-ία,ἡ, Att.
contr. forνεομηνία(which occurs in Pi. N. 4.35 , Hdt. 6.57 (pl.), PMag.Leid.W. 1.28 , 9.43 (pl.), Gal. 14.298 ):—alsoνευμηνία, SIG 1106.19 (Cos,iv/iii B.C.) ;νεμονηί̈α, GDI 5015.28 , al. (Crete) ;νομενία, PCair.Zen. 167.5
(iii B.C.):—
A. new moon : the first of the month,Pi.l. c., Antipho Fr. 58 (pl.), Ar. Eq. 43 , Ach. 999 (pl.), etc. ;ν. κατὰ σελήνηνto denote thetrueornatural new moon,as opp. to theνουμηνίαof the calendars, Th. 2.28 ; also ἡ κατὰ θεὸν ν.
PMag.Par. 1.787
, 2389 ;ν. τοῦ ἔτους,of the spring equinox, Ptol. Tetr. 91 .