A.day appointed beforehand, a fixed or limited time, within which money was to be paid, actions brought, claims made, elections held, etc., and if this period was allowed to expire, no further proceedings were allowed, D.36.25, Aeschin.1.39; ἐὰν ἡ π . ἐξήκῃ is past, IG12.41.9; “τριετὴς π .” Pl.Lg.954d, cf. D.38.27, Paus.4.5.10.
2. generally, fixed or appointed time, “προθεσμίας ο ὔσης τ ῷ κινδύνῳ” Lys.7.17; “π . ἀδικημάτων” Id.13.83; “μηδεμίαν ε ἶν α ι π . τ ῆς ἐπιλήψεως” Pl.Lg.954e; “τ ῆς προθεσμίας ὀλίγης ε ἰς τ ὴν χειροτονίαν ο ὔσης” App.BC1.14, cf.Ep.Gal.4.2, OGI509.21 (Aphrodisias, ii A.D.); “ο ὐκ ἐτήρησε τ ὴν π . τ ῆς θ ε ο ῦ” Supp.Epigr.4.649 (Lydia, ii A.D.); π . φυσικὴ [νόσου] natural period, Gal.1.289; “ἡ π . τ ῆς καθάρσεως” Sor.2.10, cf. 1.21, al.: pl., τ ρ ε ῖς τ ο ῦ μ η ν ὸς ἀρχαὶ κ α ὶ π . (Kalends, Nones and Ides) Plu.2.269b; “προθεσμίας ὁριζομένους ἑορτάς” Luc.Nigr.27.
3. occasion of delay, J.AJ15.5.1.
