ἐφήμερος
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See also: εφήμερος
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ἐπ(ί)- (ep(í)-, “on”) + ἡμέρᾱ (hēmérā, “day”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pʰɛ̌ː.me.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈpʰe̝.me.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈɸi.me.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈfi.me.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈfi.me.ros/
Adjective
[edit]ἐφήμερος • (ephḗmeros) m or f (neuter ἐφήμερον); second declension
- living only one day; short-lived
- for a day; daily; once a day
- (as with φάρμακον (phármakon)) acting or occurring within one day
Declension
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἐφήμερος ephḗmeros |
ἐφήμερον ephḗmeron |
ἐφημέρω ephēmérō |
ἐφημέρω ephēmérō |
ἐφήμεροι ephḗmeroi |
ἐφήμερᾰ ephḗmera | ||||||||
Genitive | ἐφημέρου ephēmérou |
ἐφημέρου ephēmérou |
ἐφημέροιν ephēméroin |
ἐφημέροιν ephēméroin |
ἐφημέρων ephēmérōn |
ἐφημέρων ephēmérōn | ||||||||
Dative | ἐφημέρῳ ephēmérōi |
ἐφημέρῳ ephēmérōi |
ἐφημέροιν ephēméroin |
ἐφημέροιν ephēméroin |
ἐφημέροις ephēmérois |
ἐφημέροις ephēmérois | ||||||||
Accusative | ἐφήμερον ephḗmeron |
ἐφήμερον ephḗmeron |
ἐφημέρω ephēmérō |
ἐφημέρω ephēmérō |
ἐφημέρους ephēmérous |
ἐφήμερᾰ ephḗmera | ||||||||
Vocative | ἐφήμερε ephḗmere |
ἐφήμερον ephḗmeron |
ἐφημέρω ephēmérō |
ἐφημέρω ephēmérō |
ἐφήμεροι ephḗmeroi |
ἐφήμερᾰ ephḗmera | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἐφημέρως ephēmérōs |
ἐφημερώτερος ephēmerṓteros |
ἐφημερώτᾰτος ephēmerṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Synonyms
[edit]- (short-lived): ἐφημέρῐος (ephēmérios)
Derived terms
[edit]- ἐφημερευτήρῐον (ephēmereutḗrion)
- ἐφημερευτής (ephēmereutḗs)
- ἐφημερεύω (ephēmereúō)
- ἐφημερέω (ephēmeréō)
- ἐφημερῐ́ᾱ (ephēmeríā)
- ἐφημερῐνός (ephēmerinós)
- ἐφημέρῐος (ephēmérios)
- ἐφημερῐ́ς (ephēmerís)
- ἐφημερόβῐος (ephēmeróbios)
- ἐφήμερον (ephḗmeron)
- ἐφημερούσῐος (ephēmeroúsios)
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ἐφήμερος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐφήμερος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἐφήμερος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G2184 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.
- day idem, page 197.
- ephemeral idem, page 279.
- evanescent idem, page 284.
- fleet idem, page 327.
- short-lived idem, page 768.
- temporary idem, page 860.
- transient idem, page 889.
- transitory idem, page 889.