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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

  • ὡσ ἐγὼ οὐκ ἂν ᾠόμην οὔτ’ ἂν θεῶν τιν’ οὔτ’ ἐφημέρων βροτῶν δρᾶσαι τόδ’ ἔργον ὧδερσθβ; (Sophocles, Ichneutae 2:3)
  • "καὶ γὰρ τὸ παρὸν ὡσ μικρὸν μᾶλλον δὲ μηδ’ ὁτιοῦν πρὸσ τὰ σύμπαν ἀτιμάσαντεσ ἀναπόλαυστον προϊένται, καὶ ὀλιγωροῦσιν ἀρετῆσ καὶ πράξεωσ οἱο͂ν ἐξαθυμοῦντεσ καὶ καταφρονοῦντεσ ἑαυτῶν, ὡσ ἐφημέρων καὶ ἀβεβαίων καὶ πρὸσ οὐθὲν ἀξιόλογον γεγονότων. (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 272)
  • πεισθεὶσ γὰρ ὅτι ῥωσθήσεται μᾶλλον, ἐγεύσατο τῶν ἐφημέρων καρπῶν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 6 3:18)
  • Οἱ ἐπὶ βουβῶσι πυρετοὶ, πάντεσ κακοὶ, πλὴν τῶν ἐφημέρων. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., AFORISMOI., 83.53)
  • ταύτῃ δὲ ἴσωσ ὑπὸ τῶν ἐφημέρων τούτων καὶ πρὸσ ὀλίγον δημαγωγῶν οὐδὲν ἔστιν ἀγαθὸν παθεῖν. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 48:4)

Synonyms

  1. living only one day

  2. for a day

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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