εἰνὰς δ᾽ ἡ μέσση ἐπὶ δείελα λώιον ἦμαρ,
πρωτίστη δ᾽ εἰνὰς παναπήμων ἀνθρώποισιν:
ἐσθλὴ μὲν γάρ θ᾽ ἥ γε φυτευέμεν ἠδὲ γενέσθαι
ἀνέρι τ᾽ ἠδὲ γυναικί: καὶ οὔποτε πάγκακον ἦμαρ.
(810-813) The ninth of the mid-month improves towards evening; but the first ninth of all is quite harmless for men. It is a good day on which to beget or to be born both for a male and a female: it is never an wholly evil day.
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