ἦμαρ
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ἆμᾰρ (âmăr) — Doric, Arcadocypriot
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Hellenic *ā́mər (whence Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀗𐀨𐀔 (a-mo-ra-ma /āmōr-āmar/, “day after day”)), from Proto-Indo-European *Héh₂mr̥ ~ *Héh₂mōr (“heat”). Cognate with Old Armenian աւր (awr, “day”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɛ̂ː.mar/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈe̝.mar/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.mar/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.mar/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.mar/
Noun
[edit]ἦμᾰρ • (êmăr) n (genitive ἤμᾰτος); third declension
- day
- (accusative singular, as adverb) by day
- (μέσον) midday
- (δείελον) evening
- (ἤματι χειμερίῳ) on winter's day
Declension
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἦμᾰρ êmăr |
ἤμᾰτε ḗmăte |
ἤμᾰτᾰ ḗmătă | ||||||||||
Genitive | ἤμᾰτος ḗmătos |
ἠμᾰ́τοιῐν ēmắtoiĭn |
ἠμᾰ́των ēmắtōn | ||||||||||
Dative | ἤμᾰτῐ ḗmătĭ |
ἠμᾰ́τοιῐν ēmắtoiĭn |
ἤμᾰσῐ / ἤμᾰσῐν / ἠμᾰ́τεσσῐ / ἠμᾰ́τεσσῐν / ἠμᾰ́τεσῐ / ἠμᾰ́τεσῐν ḗmăsĭ(n) / ēmắtessĭ(n) / ēmắtesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | ἦμᾰρ êmăr |
ἤμᾰτε ḗmăte |
ἤμᾰτᾰ ḗmătă | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἦμᾰρ êmăr |
ἤμᾰτε ḗmăte |
ἤμᾰτᾰ ḗmătă | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
[edit]- ἡμέρᾱ (hēmérā)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἦμαρ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 518
- ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “awr”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 156
Further reading
[edit]- “ἦμαρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἦμαρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἦμαρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἦμαρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek properispomenon terms
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension