ἐννῆμαρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐννέα (ennéa, “nine”) +‎ ἦμαρ (êmar, “day”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /en.nɛ̂ː.mar/ → /enˈni.mar/ → /eˈni.mar/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /en.nɛ̂ː.mar/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /enˈne̝.mar/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /enˈni.mar/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /enˈni.mar/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈni.mar/

Adverb

ἐννῆμᾰρ • (ennêmăr)

1. (Epic) for nine days, nine days long

Further reading

• “ἐννῆμαρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐννῆμαρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐννῆμαρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἐννῆμαρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press