Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Greek term or phrase:
από διμήνου
English translation:
two months ago
Added to glossary by
Dylan Edwards
Oct 22, 2010 06:35
13 yrs ago
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Greek term
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Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Greek to English, Czech to English, Slovak to English, and 1 more.
από διμήνου
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... αναφέρουμε ότι, από διμήνου, η ελληνική κυβέρνηση ανακοίνωσε την κατάργηση της μέχρι τώρα νέας Εποπτικής Αρχής ... και την εντός τριμήνου υπαγωγή της ...
How do you understand από διμήνου here?
This is really a question about usage (because this doesn't seem to be the sort of thing you can look up in dictionaries or grammar books): can από διμήνου be understood in two different senses, "two months ago" and "for the past two months"?
How do you understand από διμήνου here?
This is really a question about usage (because this doesn't seem to be the sort of thing you can look up in dictionaries or grammar books): can από διμήνου be understood in two different senses, "two months ago" and "for the past two months"?
Proposed translations
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| 5 +5 | two months ago |
Angeliki Papadopoulou
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Proposed translations
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Angeliki Papadopoulou
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Greece
Αγγλικά σαν τη μητρική μου γλώσσα
Native in: Greek 
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Works in: English to Greek, Greek to English
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two months ago
for the last two months would have been τους τελευταίους δύο μήνες, Dylan
Note from asker:
| Thanks. Yes, given the way the sentence is put together, it's entirely logical to take it in the sense of "two months ago". It's just that my previous experience of expressions of this type (not that I've seen any lately) gave rise to some doubts. |
Peer comment(s):
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Evangelia Kordi
: agree προ διμήνου
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Ευχαριστώ.
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Vasilisso
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Ευχαριστώ.
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Fevos Zachopoulos
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Ευχαριστώ.
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Emilia Prekate-Kyminas
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Ευχαριστώ.
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Efi Maryeli (X)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you, Angeliki."
Discussion
από διμήνου - I can well imagine it sounding more emphatic than προ διμήνου.
In the context of your sentence - and reading between the lines, that is - "από διμήνου" suggests the emphasis I mentioned earlier.
I hope I haven't mixed things up.
Have a nice morning!
Efi