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ἐφημέριος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐφημέριος ἐφημέριη ἐφημέριον

Structure: ἐφημερι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: h(me/ra

Sense

  1. on, for or during the day, the day through, by day
  2. for a day only, for the day, for the day only, creatures of a day
  3. hired for the day

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἡμεῖσ Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν ἡμῶν οὐκ ἐγκατελίπομεν, καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖσ αὐτοῦ λειτουργοῦσι τῷ Κυρίῳ οἱ υἱοὶ Ἀαρὼν καὶ οἱ Λευῖται, καὶ ἐν ταῖσ ἐφημερίαισ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 13:10)
  • ἐκτὸσ τῆσ ἐπιγονῆσ τῶν ἀρσενικῶν ἀπὸ τριετοῦσ καὶ ἐπάνω, παντὶ τῷ εἰσπορευομένῳ εἰσ οἶκον Κυρίου, εἰσ λόγον ἡμερῶν εἰσ ἡμέραν, εἰσ λειτουργίαν ἐφημερίαισ διατάξεωσ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 31:16)
  • οὗτοσ ὁ καταλοχισμὸσ τῶν ἱερέων κατ’ οἴκουσ πατριῶν, καὶ οἱ Λευῖται ἐν ταῖσ ἐφημερίαισ αὐτῶν ἀπὸ εἰκοσαετοῦσ καὶ ἐπάνω ἐν διατάξει, (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 31:17)

Synonyms

  1. for a day only

  2. hired for the day

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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