μετὰ τὴν
πρώτην
ἐπινέμησιν.
᾽Επινέμησις
is in later Greek the recognized equivalent for
“indictio” in the sense of a period of fifteen
years (Cod. Theod. xi. 28. 3). I have had some
hesitation as to whether it could possibly in this passage indicate
a date. But ἐπινέμησις
does not appear to have been used in its chronological sense before
Evagrius, and his expression (iv. 29) τοὺς
περιόδους
τῶν κύκλων
καλουμένων
ἐπινεμήσεων
looks as though the term were not yet common; ἐπινέμησις
here I take to refer to the assignment of presbyters to different
places on ordination. I am indebted to Mr. J. W. Parker for
valuable information and suggestions on this question.