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ἐφήμερος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐφήμερος ἐφήμερος ἐφήμερον

Structure: ἐφημερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: h(me/ra

Sense

  1. living only one day; short-lived
  2. for a day; daily; once a day
  3. (as with φάρμακον ‎(phármakon)) acting or occurring within one day

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἐφήμερος ἐφήμερον
Genitive ἐφημέρου ἐφημέρου
Dative ἐφημέρῳ ἐφημέρῳ
Accusative ἐφήμερον ἐφήμερον
Vocative ἐφήμερε ἐφήμερον
DualN/A/V ἐφημέρω ἐφημέρω
G/D ἐφημέροιν ἐφημέροιν
PluralNominative ἐφήμεροι ἐφήμερα
Genitive ἐφημέρων ἐφημέρων
Dative ἐφημέροις ἐφημέροις
Accusative ἐφημέρους ἐφήμερα
Vocative ἐφήμεροι ἐφήμερα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐφήμερος ἐφημέρου ἐφημερότερος ἐφημεροτέρου ἐφημερότατος ἐφημεροτάτου
Adverb ἐφημέρως ἐφημερότερον ἐφημερότατα

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

  • ὁ δ’ ὄλβοσ οὐ βέβαιοσ, ἀλλ’ ἐφήμεροσ. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric 11:10)
  • ὁ δὲ Ῥωμαίων μέγασ δαίμων οὐκ ἐφήμεροσ πνεύσασ οὐδὲ καιρὸν ἀκμάσασ βραχὺν ὡσ ὁ Μακεδόνων, οὐδὲ χερσαῖοσ μόνον ὡσ ὁ Λακώνων οὐδ’ ἐνάλιοσ ὡσ ὁ Ἀθηναίων, οὐδ’ ὀψὲ κινηθεὶσ ὡσ ὁ Περσῶν, οὐδὲ ταχὺ παυσάμενοσ ὡσ ὁ Καρχηδονίων ἀλλ’ ἄνωθεν ἐκ πρώτων γενέσεων τῇ πόλει συνηβήσασ καὶ συναυξηθεὶσ καὶ συμπολιτευσάμενοσ, καὶ παραμείνασ βέβαιοσ ἐν γῇ καὶ θαλάττῃ καὶ πολέμοισ καὶ εἰρήνῃ καὶ πρὸσ βαρβάρουσ καὶ πρὸσ Ἕλληνασ. (Plutarch, De fortuna Romanorum, section 11 4:1)
  • ὁ δὲ Ῥωμαίων μέγασ δαίμων οὐκ ἐφήμεροσ; (Plutarch, De fortuna Romanorum, section 11 8:3)
  • ἄμπωτισ γὰρ ἐφήμεροσ ἔστιν. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 4 4:5)

Synonyms

  1. living only one day

  2. for a day

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