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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(rare) Time (usually five days) appended to a calendar year, outside of any regular month, to make the year 365 days long (in e.g. the ancient Egyptian calendar and in the French Republican calendar)..
[The Ancient Egyptian calendar had] 12 months each 30 days long followed by five epagomenal days.
Use epagomena when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Epagomena means (rare) Time (usually five days) appended to a calendar year, outside of any regular month, to make the year 365 days long (in e.g. the ancient Egyptian calendar and in the French Republican calendar)..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[The Ancient Egyptian calendar had] 12 months each 30 days long followed by five epagomenal days.
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