epagomenal
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epagomenal — ep·a·gom·e·nal … English syllables
epagomenal — /ɛpəˈgɒmənəl/ (say epuh gomuhnuhl) adjective intercalary, especially with reference to the Egyptian solar calendar …
epagomenal — |epə|gämənəl adjective Etymology: Greek epagomenos (present participle passive of epagein) + English al : intercalary used especially of certain days of the Egyptian solar calendar … Useful english dictionary
Ethiopian calendar — The Ethiopian calendar (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር yä Ityoṗṗya zämän aḳoṭaṭär), also called the Ge ez calendar, is the principal calendar used in Ethiopia and also serves as the liturgical calendar for Christians in Eritrea belonging to the… … Wikipedia
Decimal calendar — A decimal calendar contains either ten days per week, a multiple of ten days in a month, or ten months per year. Examples that have been adopted are the calendar of Romulus, the Egyptian calendar, the Alexandrian calendar, the Coptic calendar,… … Wikipedia
Egyptian calendar — The ancient civil Egyptian calendar had a year that was 360 days long and was divided into 12 months of 30 days each, plus five extra days (epagomenae, from Greek ἐπαγόμεναι) at the end of the year. The months were divided into three weeks of ten … Wikipedia
Sosigenes of Alexandria — was named by Pliny the Elder as the astronomer consulted by Julius Caesar for the design of the Julian calendar. It appears that little or nothing is known about him apart from two references in Pliny s Natural History. Some web sources say that… … Wikipedia
Decree of Canopus — The Decree of Canopus is a bilingual inscription in two languages, and in three scripts. It was written in three writing systems: Egyptian hieroglyphs, Egyptian Demotic, and Greek, on an ancient Egyptian memorial stone stele, the Stone of Canopus … Wikipedia
Armenian calendar — Contents 1 Correlation with Egyptian calendar 2 See also 3 References … Wikipedia
Year — A year (from Old English gēar) is the orbital period of the Earth moving around the Sun. For an observer on Earth, this corresponds to the period it takes the Sun to complete one course throughout the zodiac along the ecliptic. In astronomy, the… … Wikipedia
