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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
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ἐφημέριος ἐφημέρίᾱ ἐφημέριον
Genitive ἐφημερίου ἐφημέρίᾱς ἐφημερίου
Dative ἐφημερίῳ ἐφημέρίᾱͅ ἐφημερίῳ
Accusative ἐφημέριον ἐφημέρίᾱν ἐφημέριον
Vocative ἐφημέριε ἐφημέρίᾱ ἐφημέριον
DualN/A/V ἐφημερίω ἐφημέρίᾱ ἐφημερίω
G/D ἐφημερίοιν ἐφημέρίαιν ἐφημερίοιν
PluralNominative ἐφημέριοι ἐφημέ́ριαι ἐφημέρια
Genitive ἐφημερίων ἐφημέριῶν ἐφημερίων
Dative ἐφημερίοις ἐφημέρίαις ἐφημερίοις
Accusative ἐφημερίους ἐφημέρίᾱς ἐφημέρια
Vocative ἐφημέριοι ἐφημέ́ριαι ἐφημέρια
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐφημέριος ἐφημερίου ἐφημεριότερος ἐφημεριοτέρου ἐφημεριότατος ἐφημεριοτάτου
Adverb ἐφημερίως ἐφημεριότερον ἐφημεριότατα

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

  • ἄγε δὴ φύσιν ἄνδρεσ ἀμαυρόβιοι, φύλλων γενεᾷ προσόμοιοι, ὀλιγοδρανέεσ, πλάσματα πηλοῦ, σκιοειδέα φῦλ’ ἀμενηνά, ἀπτῆνεσ ἐφημέριοι ταλαοὶ βροτοὶ ἀνέρεσ εἰκελόνειροι, προσέχετε τὸν νοῦν τοῖσ ἀθανάτοισ ἡμῖν τοῖσ αἰὲν ἐοῦσιν, τοῖσ αἰθερίοισ τοῖσιν ἀγήρῳσ τοῖσ ἄφθιτα μηδομένοισιν, ἵν’ ἀκούσαντεσ πάντα παρ’ ἡμῶν ὀρθῶσ περὶ τῶν μετεώρων. (Aristophanes, Birds, Parabasis, parabasis1)

Synonyms

  1. for a day only

  2. hired for the day

Related

Similar forms

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

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