# Νομᾶς 19.1

Plutarch, Νομᾶς, Chapter 19. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/plutarch/text-111/19.1

Ῥωμαῖοι δὲ ὅτι μὲν δέκα μῆνας εἰς τὸν ἐνιαυτὸν ἔταττον, οὐ δώδεκα, τεκμήριον ἡ τοῦ τελευταίου προσηγορία· δέκατον γάρ αὐτὸν ἄχρι νῦν καλοῦσιν ὅτι δὲ τὸν Μάρτιον πρῶτον, ἡ τάξις· τὸν γάρ ἀπʼ ἐκείνου πέμπτον ἐκάλουν πέμπτον ἕκτον δὲ τὸν ἕκτον καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἑξῆς ὁμοίως ἕκαστον, ἐπεὶ τὸν Ἰανουάριον καὶ τὸν Φεβρουάριον πρὸ τοῦ Μαρτίου τιθεμένοις συνέβαινεν αὐτοῖς τὸν εἰρημένον μῆνα πέμπτον μὲν ὀνομάζειν, ἕβδομον δὲ ἀριθμεῖν.

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Plutarch, Νομᾶς, ed. Bernadotte Perrin. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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