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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

  • 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)
  • ὃσ γενόμενοσ τυράννου πατρὸσ ἑκὼν τὴν πόλιν ἐλευθεροῖ, τιμὴν αὑτῷ καὶ γένει ἀείζωον ἀντὶ τυραννίδοσ ἐφημέρου καὶ ἀδίκου κτώμενοσ. (Plato, Epistles, Letter 8 28:1)
  • ἀλλὰ μὴν οὐδὲ τῷ ἀίδιον εἶναι μᾶλλον ἀγαθὸν ἔσται, εἴπερ μηδὲ λευκότερον τὸ πολυχρόνιον τοῦ ἐφημέρου. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1 41:3)
  • ὅσουσ δὲ αἴσθοιτο παντάπασιν ἀδυνάτουσ καὶ μηδ’ ὑπὲρ τῆσ ἐφημέρου τροφῆσ ἔχοντασ προέσθαι τὸ διάφορον ἄνευ τιμῆσ χαριζόμενοσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 12, chapter 1 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. living only one day

  2. for a day

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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