- ἕνος
- ἕνοςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `old' as opppsed to`new', only in expressions about fruits and officials of the past year, also of the last dayof the preceding month, indicating the new period (Hes.; ἔνη the first day of the month, with Ion. psilosis?); in the last sense mostly ἕνη καὶ νέα (sc. σελήνη; Att. since Solon).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [907] *senos `old'Etymology: The general IE word for `old', *sénos, is still found in most branches, as opposed to `new': Gr. ἕνος, Arm. hin, Skt. sána-, Lith. sẽnas, Celt., e. g. OIr. sen; here also OWNo. sina f. `withered grass of last year' (cf. ἕνος βλαστός etc.). Some lnguages use it also as opposed to `young', so e.g. Celtic and Lithuanian, but also Germ., e. g. Goth. sineigs `πρεσβύτης', and also Iranian, Av. hana- `old, grey'; in Skt. sána- is not so used. this meaning became dominant in Italic, Lat. senex, Osc. senateís `senātūs'. In the East *sénos in this meaning was replaced by the expressive group of von γέρων (s. v.). - Cf. Porzig Sprachgeschichte und Wortbedeutung 343ff..Page in Frisk: 1,522-523
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.