ἐφήμερος

See also: εφήμερος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπ(ί)- (ep(í)-, “on”) +‎ ἡμέρᾱ (hēmérā, “day”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pʰɛ̌ː.me.ros/ → /eˈɸi.me.ros/ → /eˈfi.me.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pʰɛ̌ː.me.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpʰe̝.me.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈɸi.me.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈfi.me.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈfi.me.ros/

Adjective

ἐφήμερος • (ephḗmeros) m or f (neuter ἐφήμερον); second declension

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

Declension

Second declension of ἐφήμερος; ἐφήμερον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐφήμερος ephḗmeros		ἐφήμερον ephḗmeron		ἐφημέρω ephēmérō		ἐφημέρω ephēmérō		ἐφήμεροι ephḗmeroi		ἐφήμερᾰ ephḗmeră
Genitive		ἐφημέρου ephēmérou		ἐφημέρου ephēmérou		ἐφημέροιν ephēméroin		ἐφημέροιν ephēméroin		ἐφημέρων ephēmérōn		ἐφημέρων ephēmérōn
Dative		ἐφημέρῳ ephēmérōi		ἐφημέρῳ ephēmérōi		ἐφημέροιν ephēméroin		ἐφημέροιν ephēméroin		ἐφημέροις ephēmérois		ἐφημέροις ephēmérois
Accusative		ἐφήμερον ephḗmeron		ἐφήμερον ephḗmeron		ἐφημέρω ephēmérō		ἐφημέρω ephēmérō		ἐφημέρους ephēmérous		ἐφήμερᾰ ephḗmeră
Vocative		ἐφήμερε ephḗmere		ἐφήμερον ephḗmeron		ἐφημέρω ephēmérō		ἐφημέρω ephēmérō		ἐφήμεροι ephḗmeroi		ἐφήμερᾰ ephḗmeră
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐφημέρως ephēmérōs				ἐφημερώτερος ephēmerṓteros				ἐφημερώτᾰτος ephēmerṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (short-lived): ἐφημέρῐος (ephēmérĭos)

Derived terms

• ἐφημερευτήρῐον (ephēmereutḗrĭon)
• ἐφημερευτής (ephēmereutḗs)
• ἐφημερεύω (ephēmereúō)
• ἐφημερέω (ephēmeréō)
• ἐφημερῐ́ᾱ (ephēmerĭ́ā)
• ἐφημερῐνός (ephēmerĭnós)
• ἐφημέρῐος (ephēmérĭos)
• ἐφημερῐ́ς (ephēmerĭ́s)
• ἐφημερόβῐος (ephēmeróbĭos)
• ἐφήμερον (ephḗmeron)
• ἐφημερούσῐος (ephēmeroúsĭos)

Descendants

• Greek: εφήμερος (efímeros)
• English: ephemeron, ephemera
• New Latin: ephēmerus
  • Catalan: efímer
  • English: ephemeral
  • Old French: effimere
    • French: éphémère
• Spanish: efímero

Further reading

• “ἐφήμερος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐφήμερος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐφήμερος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G2184 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • day idem, page 197.
  • ephemeral idem, page 279.
  • evanescent idem, page 284.
  • fleet idem, page 327.
  • short-lived idem, page 768.
  • temporary idem, page 860.
  • transient idem, page 889.
  • transitory idem, page 889.