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epagomena

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
epagom-e-na
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Time (usually five days) appended to a calendar year, outside of any regular month, to make the year 365 days long (in e.g. the ancient Egyptian calendar and in the French Republican calendar).

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From the neuter plural of Ancient Greek ἐπαγόμενος (epagómenos, “added on”), used by Greek writers of antiquity to describe the five epagomenal days of the calendar of the Egyptians.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ἐπαγόμενος

Usage

Derived Forms

epagomenic

Phrases

embolismic month a month inserted into a calendar year to synchronize the calendar with the seasons timekeeping adjustments to synchronize a calendar with a solar year and or the seasons

Frequently Paired Words

embolismic month a month inserted into a calendar year to synchronize the calendar with the seasons intercalation timekeeping adjustments to synchronize a calendar with a solar year and or the seasons

Questions

What does epagomena mean?
Time (usually five days) appended to a calendar year, outside of any regular month, to make the year 365 days long (in e.g. the ancient Egyptian calendar and in the French Republican calendar).
Where does epagomena come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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