σήμερον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σᾱ́μερον (sā́meron) — Doric
• τήμερον (tḗmeron) — Attic

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *ťāmeron, for earlier *ki-hāmeron, with the first component from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe (“this, here”). By surface analysis, a univerbation of κί- (kí-) +‎ ἡμέρα (hēméra, “day”). See also Latin cis, hic.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̌ː.me.ron/ → /ˈsi.me.ron/ → /ˈsi.me.ron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sɛ̌ː.me.ron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈse̝.me.ron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.me.ron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.me.ron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.me.ron/

Adverb

σήμερον • (sḗmeron)

1. today
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 7.30
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 17.186
   • c. 440 BCE, Euripides, Rhesus 683

Derived terms

• σημερινός (sēmerinós)

Descendants

• Greek: σήμερα (símera)
• Tsakonian: σάμερε (sámere)

See also

• χθές (khthés)
• αὔριον (aúrion)

Further reading

• “σήμερον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σήμερον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• σήμερον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• G4594 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • to-day idem, page 878.
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN