Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἡμερινός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἡμερινός ἡμερινή ἡμερινόν

Structure: ἡμεριν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: h(me/ra

Sense

  1. of day, a day-

Examples

  • ὀφθαλμοί, ἦν δ’ ἐγώ, οἶσθ’ ὅτι, ὅταν μηκέτι ἐπ’ ἐκεῖνά τισ αὐτοὺσ τρέπῃ ὧν ἂν τὰσ χρόασ τὸ ἡμερινὸν φῶσ ἐπέχῃ, ἀλλὰ ὧν νυκτερινὰ φέγγη, ἀμβλυώττουσί τε καὶ ἐγγὺσ φαίνονται τυφλῶν, ὥσπερ οὐκ ἐνούσησ καθαρᾶσ ὄψεωσ; (Plato, Republic, book 6 515:1)

Synonyms

  1. of day

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

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