Ηναῖος → Ἠναῖος (Enaios: Doric month name)

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Ηναῖος, ὁ, name of month, Hesperia27.75.14 (c.200 B.C., unknown provenance).
Liddell, Scott, Jones Ancient Greek Lexicon (LSJ)
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Yes, it needs a smooth breathing (Ἠναῖος).  It appears on an inscription from an unidentified Doric town, possibly of the second century BCE.  David M. Robinson wrote that it was "possibly" the name of a Dorian month.




 

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