φθινόπωρον

A. the waning of ὀπώρα (also called μετόπωρον or the season following ὀπώρα), autumn, Hdt. 4.42, 9.117, Hp. Aph. 1.18, Th. 2.31, Arist. HA 601b25, al., PCair.Zen. 20.4 (iii B. C.), Sor. 1.22, Gal. 6.127; metaph. νεηνίης φθινόπωρον, γέρων χειμών Pythagorasap.D.L. 8.10: —φθινόπωρον (fem.) ἰσημερινήν is dub. l. in Orph. Fr. 285.34.