ἡμέρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀμάρα
• ἀμέρα (Doric)
• ἡμέρη (Homeric, Ionic)

Etymology

Lengthened form of ἧμαρ (hēmar, “day”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃mr̥ (“heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃ (“be hot, burn”). Cognate with Old Armenian աւր (awr, “day”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical): IPA: [hɛːméraː]
• (Koine): IPA: [heːmˈɛraː]
• (Byzantine): IPA: [imˈera]

Noun

ἡμέρα (genitive ἡμέρας) f, first declension; (hēmerā)

1. day
2. period of life
3. (poetic) time

Inflection

First declension of ἡμέρᾱ, ἡμέρᾱς

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἡμέρᾱ	τώ ἡμέρᾱ	αἱ ἡμέραι
Genitive	τῆς ἡμέρᾱς	τοῖν ἡμέραιν	τῶν ἡμερῶν
Dative	τῇ ἡμέρᾳ	τοῖν ἡμέραιν	ταῖς ἡμέραις
Accusative	τήν ἡμέρᾱν	τώ ἡμέρᾱ	τάς ἡμέρᾱς
Vocative	ἡμέρᾱ	ἡμέρᾱ	ἡμέραι

Descendants

• Greek: ημέρα

References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Beekes Greek etymological dictionary
• Strong’s concordance number: G2250