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ἐνιαυτός (v. L. & S. s. v.) is any season of time (cf. Od. i. 16ἔτος ἦλθε περιπλομένων ἐνιαυτῶν”); here it is made 360 days, a rough average between the solar and the lunar year (for the length of these and for the Calendar generally cf. ii. 4 nn.).

H. makes a mistake as to ‘intercalary months’; if they were ever inserted every other year, then the ordinary months were strictly lunar (i. e. 29 1/2 days), and made up only 354 days (not 360, v. s.): it is more probable, however, that there were only three intercalary months in eight years. H.'s calculation would give an average of 375 days a year.

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