ἱερομηvία

A. sacred month, during which the great festivals were held and hostilities suspended, ἱ. Νεμεάς, of the Nemean games, Pi. N. 3.2; ἱ. ἁ Πυθιάς IG 22.1126.44 (Amphict.); ἐν σπονδαῖς καὶ προσέτι ἱερομηνία Th. 3.56; ἐν σπονδαῖς καὶ ἱερομηνίαις ib.65 (s. v.l.); ἱ. ἄγειν D. 24.29: in pl., sacrifices offered during the sacred month, IG 11(2).154.11 (Delos, iii B.C.); = Lat. supplicatio, App. BC 5.130: pl., D.C. 39.53 (ἱερο‐μήνια, τά, of the Κάρνεια (q.v.), is prob. f.l. in Th. 5.54).