Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μεθημερινός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μεθημερινός μεθημερινή μεθημερινόν

Structure: μεθημεριν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: h(me/ra

Sense

  1. happening by day, in open day

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

  • καὶ Μαρσύαν δέ τινα τῶν προηγμένων ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ καὶ τεταγμένων ἐφ’ ἡγεμονίασ ἀνεῖλε δόξαντα κατὰ, τοὺσ ὕπνουσ σφάττειν αὐτόν, ὡσ ἀπ’ ἐννοίασ μεθημερινῆσ καὶ διαλογισμοῦ τῆσ ὄψεωσ ταύτησ εἰσ τὸν ὕπνον αὐτῷ παραγενομένησ. (Plutarch, Dion, chapter 9 5:1)
  • ὁ δὲ Σύλλασ μᾶλλον εἴκαζε κοιμήσεωσ μεθημερινῆσ ἀποτροπὴν εἶναι τὸ σύμβολον, ἀναιρουμένησ ἑώθεν εὐθὺσ τῆσ πρὸσ τὸν ὕπνον παρασκευῆσ· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 8, 15:1)

Related

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

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