Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • αἰδεῖται δ’ ἔρδων οὐδὲν ὅταν μεθύῃ, τὸ πρὶν ἐὼν σώφρων τε καὶ ἤπιοσ, ἀλλὰ σὺ ταῦτα γινώσκων μὴ πῖν’ οἶνον ὑπερβολάδην, πρὶν μεθύειν ἄρξῃ δ’, ἀπανίστασο ‐ μή σε βιάσθω γαστήρ, ὥστε κακὸν λάτριν ἐφημέριον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 32 2:2)
  • ἀλλὰ σὺ ταῦτα γινῴσκων μὴ πῖν’ οἶνον ὑπερβολάδην, ἀλλ’ ἢ πρὶν μεθύειν ὑπανίστασο, μηδὲ βιάσθω γαστήρ σ’ ὥστε κακὸν λάτριν ἐφημέριον, ἢ παρεὼν μὴ πῖνε. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 1386-1389258)
  • ἀλλά τοι ἀλλότριον κῆδοσ ἐφημέριον. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 1386-1389369)
  • πολλοί τοι κίβδηλον ἐπίκλοπον ἦθοσ ἔχοντεσ κρύπτουσ’, ἐνθέμενοι ῥυθμὸν ἐφημέριον· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 1386-1389541)
  • τέρπεο καὶ Παφίῃ, τὸν ἐφημέριον βίον ἕλκων· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 62 1:1)

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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