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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

  • αἱ μὲν γὰρ ἐπιοῦσαι τὰ ἀνθηρὰ καὶ εὐώδη τῶν φύλλων συνείρουσι καὶ διαπλέκουσιν ἡδὺ μὲν ἐφήμερον δὲ καὶ ἄκαρπον ἔργον· (Plutarch, De Recta Ratione Audiendi, chapter, section 8 1:1)
  • "ἐπειδὴ δέ ποτε μόγισ πᾶσαν μηχανὴν μηχανώμενοσ προσηγάγετο φθέγξασθαί τι πρὸσ αὐτόν, οὕτωσ ἀναγκαζόμενον εἰπεῖν δαίμονοσ ἐπιπόνου καὶ τύχησ χαλεπῆσ ἐφήμερον σπέρμα, τί με βιάζεσθε λέγειν ἅ ὑμῖν ἄρειον μὴ γνῶναι; (Plutarch, Consolatio ad Apollonium, chapter, section 27 3:7)
  • "οἶδα τὸν πλοῦτον ἐφήμερον ἔχων καὶ οὐ βέβαιον · (Plutarch, De tranquilitate animi, section 16 1:2)
  • "οἶδα τὸν πλοῦτον ἐφήμερον ἔχων καὶ οὐ βέβαιον· (Plutarch, De tranquilitate animi, section 16 5:1)
  • ἄριστα τὴν ἀπὸ φαρμάκων καὶ γοητείασ καὶ μετὰ δόλου πρὸσ τοὺσ ἄνδρασ ὁμιλίαν καὶ χάριν ἔδειξεν οὐ μόνον ἐφήμερον καὶ ἁψίκορον καὶ ἀβέβαιον οὖσαν, ἀλλὰ καὶ μεταβάλλουσαν εἰσ ἔχθραν καὶ ὀργήν, ὅταν τὰ τῆσ ἡδονῆσ ἀπομαρανθῇ. (Plutarch, Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat, chapter, section 4 20:1)

Synonyms

  1. living only one day

  2. for a day

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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