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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

Examples

  • κἂν εἴ τισ βάκηλον ἢ εὐνοῦχον ἴδοι ἢ πίθηκον εὐθὺσ ἐξιὼν τῆσ οἰκίασ, ἐπὶ πόδα ἀναστρέφει καὶ ἐπανέρχεται, οὐκ ἀγαθὰσ μαντευόμενοσ τὰσ ἐφημέρουσ ἐκείνασ πράξεισ ἔσεσθαι αὑτῷ ὑπὸ πονηρῷ τῷ πρώτῳ καὶ δυσφήμῳ κληδονίσματι. (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 14:2)
  • ἀλλ’ ἐξ οὐσίασ λαμπρᾶσ καὶ οἴκου καὶ τραπέζησ καὶ πολυτελείασ εἰσ τρίβωνα καὶ πήραν καὶ προσαίτησιν ἐφημέρου τροφῆσ κατάξεισ; (Plutarch, An vitiositas ad infelicitatem sufficia, section 3 2:14)
  • ἀλλ’ ἐξ οὐσίασ λαμπρᾶσ καὶ οἴκου καὶ τραπέζησ καὶ πολυτελείασ εἰσ τρίβωνα καὶ πήραν καὶ προσαίτησιν ἐφημέρου τροφῆσ κατάξεισ; (Plutarch, An vitiositas ad infelicitatem sufficia, section 3 6:11)
  • ὁ δ’ ὄλβοσ οὐ βέβαιοσ, ἀλλ’ ἐφήμεροσ. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric 11:10)
  • εἶναι δέ τινα καὶ ἐφήμερα καλούμενα, ἃ μίαν μόνην ἡμέραν ζῆν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 497)
  • 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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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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