ἐπέτειος, ον,
Doric dialect genitive plural [[ ἐπετειᾶν Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Agamemnon” 1015 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (Lyric poetry): Ionic dialect ἐπέτεος [[“GDI” iv p.876, variant in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.89 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—annual, [[ θυσίαι [prev\. author] 6.105; ὁ ἐ. καρπός [prev\. author] 8.108 ] Refs]; ὁ ἐ. φόρος the yearly revenue, [[ [prev\. author] 5.49; πρόσοδος [prev\. author] 3.89; βύβλον τὴν ἐ. γινομένην [prev\. author] 2.92 ] Refs]; τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ἐ. the water drawn up by the sun every year, [[[prev. work] 25; γενήματα “PTeb.” 27.33 (2nd c.BC); ἐπέτεια, τά, ] Refs 2nd c.BC+] yearly additions to treasure, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 12.242,244; ἐ. ἐπικαρπία Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Leges” 955d; ἐ. ἀ.λοκες Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Ag.” [same place]; ἐ. νοσήματα _recurring annually,?? Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Respublica” 405c ] Refs 6th c.BC+]: metaphorically, ἐπέτειοι τὴν φύσιν changeful as the seasons, or like birds of passage, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Eq.” 518. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 lasting for a year, [[ ἐ. τὰ πολλὰ τῶν ἐντόμων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Longaevitate” 466a2 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τῶν φυτῶν τὰ μὲν ἐπέτειον ἔχει τὴν ζωήν [[[prev. work] 464b25, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “HP” 1.1.2; ἐ. ψηφίσματα _having force for a year,?? 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.92; τὰ κατὰ τὰς ἀρχάς 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.46.4 ] Refs 4th c.BC+].
__3 this year's, [[ ῥόδα 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.27 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; ={ἐπὶ τοῦ νῦν ἔτους}, [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.AD+]