ἐφημερίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐφήμερος (ephḗmeros, “daily”) +‎ -ις (-is, feminine adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pʰɛː.me.rís/ → /e.ɸi.meˈris/ → /e.fi.meˈris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pʰɛː.me.rís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pʰe̝.meˈris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.ɸi.meˈris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.fi.meˈris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.fi.meˈris/

Noun

ἐφημερῐ́ς • (ephēmerĭ́s) f (genitive ἐφημερῐ́δος); third declension

1. diary, journal
2. military record, particularly as kept by Alexander the Great's staff or Julius Caesar's Commentāriī dē Bellō Gallicō
   • 250 CE – 350 CE, Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 10.434b
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Alexander the Great 23
   • 86 CE – 160 CE, Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander 7.25.1
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Julius Caesar 22
3. daybook, account book
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.829c
   • 3rd century CE, Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers 6.86
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.999a
4. (especially in plural) division of priests for the daily service in a temple or the service itself
   • 37 CE – 100 CE, Josephus, The Life of Flavius Josephus 1
   • 93 CE – 94 CE, Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 7.14.7
   • 93 CE – 94 CE, Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 12.6.1

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἐφημερῐ́ς; τῆς ἐφημερῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐφημερῐ́ς hē ephēmerĭ́s	τὼ ἐφημερῐ́δε tṑ ephēmerĭ́de	αἱ ἐφημερῐ́δες hai ephēmerĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς ἐφημερῐ́δος tês ephēmerĭ́dos	τοῖν ἐφημερῐ́δοιν toîn ephēmerĭ́doin	τῶν ἐφημερῐ́δων tôn ephēmerĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ ἐφημερῐ́δῐ têi ephēmerĭ́dĭ	τοῖν ἐφημερῐ́δοιν toîn ephēmerĭ́doin	ταῖς ἐφημερῐ́σῐ / ἐφημερῐ́σῐν taîs ephēmerĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐφημερῐ́δᾰ tḕn ephēmerĭ́dă	τὼ ἐφημερῐ́δε tṑ ephēmerĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς ἐφημερῐ́δᾰς tā̀s ephēmerĭ́dăs
Vocative	ἐφημερῐ́ς ephēmerĭ́s	ἐφημερῐ́δε ephēmerĭ́de	ἐφημερῐ́δες ephēmerĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Synonyms

• (division of priests): ἐφημερῐ́ᾱ (ephēmerĭ́ā)

Descendants

• Latin: ephēmeris (see there for further descendants)
• Greek: εφημερίδα (efimerída)

References

• “ἐφημερίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐφημερίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐφημερίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette