ἡμέρα
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See also: ημέρα
Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Lengthened form of ἦμαρ (êmar, “day”).[1] The initial aspiration ῾ (h) in Attic is probably by analogy with ἑσπέρᾱ (hespérā). Cognate with Old Armenian աւր (awr, “day”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hɛː.mé.raː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)e̝ˈme.ra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iˈme.ra/
- (10th CE Medieval) IPA(key): /iˈme.ra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈme.ra/
- Hyphenation: ἡ‧μέ‧ρᾱ
Noun
[edit]ἡμέρᾱ • (hēmérā) f (genitive ἡμέρᾱς); first declension
Declension
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ἡ ἡμέρᾱhē hēmérā | τὼ ἡμέρᾱtṑ hēmérā | αἱ ἡμέραιhai hēmérai |
| genitive | τῆς ἡμέρᾱςtês hēmérās | τοῖν ἡμέραινtoîn hēmérain | τῶν ἡμερῶνtôn hēmerôn |
| dative | τῇ ἡμέρᾳtēî hēmérāi | τοῖν ἡμέραινtoîn hēmérain | ταῖς ἡμέραιςtaîs hēmérais |
| accusative | τὴν ἡμέρᾱνtḕn hēmérān | τὼ ἡμέρᾱtṑ hēmérā | τᾱ̀ς ἡμέρᾱςtā̀s hēmérās |
| vocative | ἡμέρᾱhēmérā | ἡμέρᾱhēmérā | ἡμέραιhēmérai |
- This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ἡμέρηhēmérē | ἡμέρᾱhēmérā | ἡμέραιhēmérai |
| genitive | ἡμέρηςhēmérēs | ἡμέραιῐ̈νhēméraiĭ̈n | ἡμερᾱ́ων / ἡμερέων / ἡμερῶνhēmerā́ōn / hēmeréōn / hēmerôn |
| dative | ἡμέρῃhēmérēi | ἡμέραιῐ̈νhēméraiĭ̈n | ἡμέρῃσῐ / ἡμέρῃσῐν / ἡμέρῃς / ἡμέραιςhēmérēisĭ(n) / hēmérēis / hēmérais |
| accusative | ἡμέρηνhēmérēn | ἡμέρᾱhēmérā | ἡμέρᾱςhēmérās |
| vocative | ἡμέρηhēmérē | ἡμέρᾱhēmérā | ἡμέραιhēmérai |
- Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ἡ ἡμέρηhē hēmérē | τὼ ἡμέρᾱtṑ hēmérā | αἱ ἡμέραιhai hēmérai |
| genitive | τῆς ἡμέρηςtês hēmérēs | τοῖν ἡμέραινtoîn hēmérain | τῶν ἡμερέων / ἡμερῶνtôn hēmeréōn / hēmerôn |
| dative | τῇ ἡμέρῃtēî hēmérēi | τοῖν ἡμέραινtoîn hēmérain | τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν ἡμέρῃσῐ / ἡμέρῃσῐνtēîsĭ(n) hēmérēisĭ(n) |
| accusative | τὴν ἡμέρηνtḕn hēmérēn | τὼ ἡμέρᾱtṑ hēmérā | τᾱ̀ς ἡμέρᾱςtā̀s hēmérās |
| vocative | ἡμέρηhēmérē | ἡμέρᾱhēmérā | ἡμέραιhēmérai |
- Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ἡ ᾱ̓μέρᾱhē āmérā | τὼ ᾱ̓μέρᾱtṑ āmérā | αἱ ᾱ̓μέραιhai āmérai |
| genitive | τῆς ᾱ̓μέρᾱςtês āmérās | τοῖν ᾱ̓μέραινtoîn āmérain | τῶν ᾱ̓μερῶνtôn āmerôn |
| dative | τῇ ᾱ̓μέρᾳtēî āmérāi | τοῖν ᾱ̓μέραινtoîn āmérain | ταῖς ᾱ̓μέραιςtaîs āmérais |
| accusative | τὴν ᾱ̓μέρᾱνtḕn āmérān | τὼ ᾱ̓μέρᾱtṑ āmérā | τᾱ̀ς ᾱ̓μέρᾱςtā̀s āmérās |
| vocative | ᾱ̓μέρᾱāmérā | ᾱ̓μέρᾱāmérā | ᾱ̓μέραιāmérai |
- Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ᾱ̔ ᾱ̔μέρᾱhā hāmérā | τὼ ᾱ̔μέρᾱtṑ hāmérā | ταὶ ᾱ̔μέραιtaì hāmérai |
| genitive | τᾶς ᾱ̔μέρᾱςtâs hāmérās | τοῖν ᾱ̔μέραινtoîn hāmérain | τᾶν ᾱ̔μερᾶνtân hāmerân |
| dative | τᾷ ᾱ̔μέρᾳtāî hāmérāi | τοῖν ᾱ̔μέραινtoîn hāmérain | ταῖς ᾱ̔μέραιςtaîs hāmérais |
| accusative | τᾱ̀ν ᾱ̔μέρᾱνtā̀n hāmérān | τὼ ᾱ̔μέρᾱtṑ hāmérā | τᾱ̀ς ᾱ̔μέρᾱςtā̀s hāmérās |
| vocative | ᾱ̔μέρᾱhāmérā | ᾱ̔μέρᾱhāmérā | ᾱ̔μέραιhāmérai |
- Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
Derived terms
[edit]- αὐθήμερος (authḗmeros)
- διημερεύω (diēmereúō)
- εὐημερέω (euēmeréō)
- εὐημέρημα (euēmérēma)
- εὐημερία (euēmería)
- εὐήμερος (euḗmeros)
- ἐφημέριος (ephēmérios)
- ἐφημερίς (ephēmerís)
- ἐφήμερος (ephḗmeros)
- ἡμέρᾳ (hēmérāi)
- ἡμέρᾱν (hēmérān)
- ἡμέρᾱς (hēmérās)
- ἡμερήσιος (hēmerḗsios)
- ἡμερία (hēmería)
- ἡμερινός (hēmerinós)
- ἡμερόβιος (hēmeróbios)
- ἡμερογράφος (hēmerográphos)
- ἡμεροδρόμος (hēmerodrómos)
- ἡμεροειδής (hēmeroeidḗs)
- ἡμεροκαλλές (hēmerokallés)
- ἡμερομαντεία (hēmeromanteía)
- ἡμερόσκοπος (hēmeróskopos)
- ἡμερούσιος (hēmeroúsios)
- ἡμεροφῠ́λᾰξ (hēmerophŭ́lăx)
- ἰσημερία (isēmería)
- ἰσημερινός (isēmerinós)
- καθημέριος (kathēmérios)
- μεθημερινός (methēmerinós)
- μεσημέριος (mesēmérios)
- νυχθήμερον (nukhthḗmeron)
- ὁσημέραι (hosēmérai)
- πανημέριος (panēmérios)
- σήμερον (sḗmeron)
- συνδιημερεύω (sundiēmereúō)
- συνημερεύω (sunēmereúō)
- τριακονθήμερος (triakonthḗmeros)
- ὑπερημερία (huperēmería)
- ὑπερήμερος (huperḗmeros)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἦμαρ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 518: “DER > line 2 > Lengthened form ἡμέρα”
Further reading
[edit]- “ἡμέρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἡμέρα” in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἡμέρα in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
- “ἡμέρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- Strong, James (1979), “G2250”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- anniversary idem, page 30.
- date idem, page 196.
- day idem, page 197.
- morning idem, page 541.
- time idem, page 875.
- ἡμέρα, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
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