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noun
1.
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
2.
the number of days since the new moon at the beginning of the calendar year, January 1.
Origin:
1545–55; < Late Latin epacta < Greek epaktḗ, noun use of feminine of epaktós added, equivalent to ep- ep- + ag(ein) to lead + -tos verbid suffix
1545–55; < Late Latin epacta < Greek epaktḗ, noun use of feminine of epaktós added, equivalent to ep- ep- + ag(ein) to lead + -tos verbid suffix
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Word Origin & History
epact
1552, "number of days by which the solar year exceeds a lunar one of 12 moons;" also "number of days into the moon on which the solar year begins;" from Fr. epacte, from L. epacta, from Gk. epaktos, verbal adj. of epagein "to intercalate, add, bring forward," from epi "on" + agein "to bring, to lead"
EXPAND(cognate with L. agere "to drive, set in motion;" see act).
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