The corpus record

ἕκμηνος

ekmenos

of six months, half-yearly

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Where it lives

Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

ἕκμηνος · hekmēnos — LSJ

of six months, half-yearly, half-year

of six months, half-yearly, ἑκμήνους χρόνους (Pors. for ἐμμήνους) S. OT 1137; βίος Arist. HA 558a17 : Subst. ἕκμηνος, ὁ, half-year, ἐντὸς ἑκμήνου Pl. Lg. 916b; ἐν ἑγμήνῳ IG 12(9).207.52 (Eretria, iii B.C.), cf. D.C. 59.6; ἕ. (sc. ἀρχή), ἡ, Plb. 6.34.3.

II six months old

six months old, of an animal, Arist. HA 562b27; μὴ πρεσβύτερον ἐνιαυσίου καὶ ἑγμήνου IG 12(5).647.8 (Ceos).

In the wild

ἑκμήνου · hekmēnou Plato, Laws 916
ἑκμήνους · hekmēnous Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 1133–1137

Where it came from

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