Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἡμερήσιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἡμερήσιος ἡμερήσιη ἡμερήσιον

Structure: ἡμερησι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: h(me/ra

Sense

  1. for the day, by day, as of the day
  2. a day long, day's

Declension

First/Second declension

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

  • ἡ δὲ παρεδρεύουσα πρεσβῦτισ αὐτῷ, ὥσ φησι Διοκλῆσ, ἔλεγεν ὡσ πεντακοσίουσ γράφοι στίχουσ ἡμερησίουσ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. z'. XRGSIPPOS 3:4)
  • δεύτερον δ’ ἐπεγνωκέναι τὰσ ἡμερησίουσ καὶ νυκτερινὰσ πορείασ καὶ τὰ διανύσματα τούτων, μὴ μόνον κατὰ γῆν, ἀλλὰ καὶ κατὰ θάλατταν. (Polybius, Histories, book 9, chapter 13 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. for the day

  2. a day long

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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