"full moon"

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1

Hi, everyone.

What is the Latin word or phrase for a “full moon?” I know of ‘lunae plenae’, but are there any others?

Thanks for your time.

2

there is plenilunium -ii, but it is post-augustan.

3

could be said “luna grandis”, perhaps.

4

I could swear that I have seen “luna plena” somewhere, because I remember thinking that that must be where our expression “full moon” comes from. However, I could not give you the reference, so I may be making this up.

5

I am reminded of these lines from the Metamorphoses, X, 295-297:

coniugio, quod fecit, adest dea; iamque coactis
cornibus in plenum nouiens lunaribus orbem
illa Paphon genuit, de qua tenet insula nomen

Perhaps not luna plena but close :laughing:

6

It’s luna piena in Italian; I don’t see why luna plena wouldn’t work fine.

7

luna plena is the normal way of saying it.