amphemerinos
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμφημερῐνός (amphēmerĭnós).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /am.pʰeːˈme.ri.nos/, [ämpʰeːˈmɛrɪnɔs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /am.feˈme.ri.nos/, [ämfeˈmɛːrinos]
Adjective
[edit]amphēmerinos (neuter amphēmerinon); second-declension adjective (feminine forms identical to masculine forms, Greek-type)
- daily, quotidian, recurring or returning every day, not intermittent
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 28.228:
- est genus febrium, quod amphemerinon vocant; hoc liberari tradunt, si quis e vena auris asini III guttas sanguinis in II heminis aquae hauserit.
Declension
[edit]Second-declension adjective (feminine forms identical to masculine forms, Greek-type).
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | amphēmerinos | amphēmerinon | amphēmerinoe | amphēmerina | |
| genitive | amphēmerinī | amphēmerinōrum | |||
| dative | amphēmerinō | amphēmerinīs | |||
| accusative | amphēmerinon | amphēmerinōs | amphēmerina | ||
| ablative | amphēmerinō | amphēmerinīs | |||
| vocative | amphēmerine | amphēmerinon | amphēmerinoe | amphēmerina | |
Synonyms
[edit]- (daily, recurring or returning every day): cōtīdiānus (pure Latin)
References
[edit]- “amphēmĕrĭnŏs”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- amphēmĕrĭnos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 116/3.
- “amphēmerinos” on page 121/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)