νουμην-ία, ἡ,
Attic dialect contraction for νεομηνία (which occurs in [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.35, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.57 (_plural_), “PMag.Leid.W.” 1.28,9.43 (_plural_), 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 14.298)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—also νευμηνία, [[ “SIG” 1106.19 (Cos, 4th-3rd c.BC) ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; νεμονηΐα, [[ “GDI” 5015.28, +others (from Crete) ] Refs]; νομενία, [[ “PCair.Zen.” 167.5 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:— new moon: the first of the month, Pi.[same place], [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator “fragment” 58 (_plural_), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 43, “Ach.” 999 (_plural_)] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; ν. κατὰ σελήνην to denote the true or natural new moon, as opposed to to the νουμηνία of the calendars, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.28; also ἡ κατὰ θεὸν ν. “PMag.Par.” 1.787, 2389 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ν. τοῦ ἔτους, of the spring equinox, [[ 2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 91. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]