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Headword:
Νόνναι
Adler number: nu,489
Translated headword: nones
Vetting Status: low
Translation: Of the month.
They come right after the Kalends, or, rather, after the first of the new month; that is, the second of the month.[1] After the Nones [are] the Ides. It seems that the annonae [grain doles] are named after them, since they are distributed on the Nones.[2]
One should note that there is also a proper name 'Nonnos'; [that of] a man of Panopolis, in Egypt, a very learned man;[3] he is the one who paraphrased the chaste Theologian[4] in epic verse.
Greek Original:Νόνναι: τοῦ μηνός. αἱ εὐθὺς μετὰ τὰς καλάνδας, ἤγουν μετὰ τὴν πρώτην τῆς νουμηνίας, δευτέρα δηλαδὴ τοῦ μηνός. μεθ' ἃς νόννας αἱ εἰδοί. δοκοῦσι δὲ παρ' αὐτὰς γενέσθαι αἱ ἀνόνναι, ὡς οἷον αἱ ἀνὰ τὰς νόννας διδόμεναι. ἰστέον δὲ ὡς ἔστι καὶ Νόννος κύριον, Πανοπολίτης, ἐξ Αἰγύπτου, λογιώτατος: ὁ καὶ τὸν παρθένον Θεολόγον παραφράσας δι' ἐπῶν.
Notes:
Transliteration of Latin
nonae.
[1] Not the second day, but the second reference point in the Roman calendrical system: in March, July, October, May the Ides are on the fifteenth day, the Nones the seventh; all besides have two less days for Nones and Ides.
[2] For the annonae see
alpha 2595.
[3] Mid C5 AD. See generally OCD(3) p.1048.
[4] That is, the Gospel according to John.
Translated by: William Hutton on 21 March 2001@00:42:39.
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