ἡμέρα

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Ep. and Ion. ἡμέρη IG12(5).1 (Ios), Dor. ἀμέρα ib.5(1).213.43,al., 1390.109, 1432.25, Test.Epict.4.12, Michel995A 32, etc., Locr. ἀμάρα IG9(1).334.42 (aspirated perh. only in Att. and West Ion., cf.

   A ἐπάμερος Pi., etc., αὐθημερόν IG7.235.18 (Oropus), etc.; usu. unaspirated in early Att. Inscrr., IG12.49.6, al.; aspirated in codd. even in dialects: original ἀμέρα prob. took aspirate from ἑσπέρα): ἡ:—day, less freq. than ἦμαρ in Hom., ἡ. ἥδε κακὸν φέρει Il.8.541, 13.828; τίς νύ μοι ἡ. ἥδε; Od.24.514; νύκτες τε καὶ ἡ. 14.93; μῆνές τε καὶ ἡ. ib.293; νοῦσοι ἐφ' ἡμέρῃ αἳ δ' ἐπὶ νυκτί Hes.Op.102; ἡ σήμερον ἡ., v. σήμερον· ἅμα ἡμέρᾳ or ἅμα τῇ ἡμέρᾳ at daybreak, X.An.6.3.6, Aeschin.3.76; ἅμ' ἡμέρῃ διαφωσκούσῃ Hdt.3.86; ἡ. διέλαμψεν, ἐξέλαμψεν, ὑπέφαινε, Ar.Pl.744, Pax304, X.Cyr.4.5.14; τῆς ἡ. ὀψέ late in the day, Id.HG2.1.23.    2 sts. like Ep. ἦμαρ, with Adjs. to describe a state or time of life, ἐπίπονος ἁ. a life of misery, S.Tr.654 (lyr.); λυπρὰν ἄγειν ἡ. E. Hec.364; ἐχθρὰ ἡ. Id.Ph.540; παλαιὰ ἁ. old age, S.Aj.623 (but θεία ἡ. Id.Fr.950 is dub. l.); τερμία ἁ. Id.Ant.1330 (lyr.); αἱ μακραὶ ἁμέραι length of days, Id.OC1216(lyr.); νέα ἁ. youth, E.Ion720(lyr.); so τῇ πρώτῃ ἡ. Arist.Rh.1389a24; ἐπὶ τῇ τελευταίᾳ ἡ. at the close of life, ib.1389b33, cf. S.OT1529; ζοὴν βλέπουσιν ἡ. look life-like, Herod.4.68.    3 poet. for time, ἡ. κλίνει τε κἀνάγει πάλιν ἅπαντα τἀνθρώπεια S.Aj.131; ἐς τόδ' ἡμέρας Id.OC1138: pl., ἐν ἡμέραις τινός in the days of... LXX 1 Ch.4.41, etc.; ἡ. ἀρχαῖαι ib.Ps.142(143).5.    4 birthday, D.L.4.41.    5 a fixed day, τακτὴ ἡ. Act.Ap.12.21; ῥητὴ ἡ. Luc.Alex.19; ἡ. ἔστησαν ἀρχαιρεσιῶν D.H.6.48, cf. Act.Ap.17.31; ἡ. Κυρίου LXXJl.2.1, cf. 2 Ep.Pet.3.12, etc.; ἡ. κρίσεως Ev.Matt.10.15: so abs., ὑπὸ ἀνθρωπίνης ἡμέρας a human tribunal, 1 Ep.Cor.4.3; ἡμέραι καὶ ἀγῶνες Jahresh.23Beibl.93 (Pamphyl.).    6 in pl., age, προβεβηκὼς ἐν ταῖς ἡ. Ev.Luc.1.7, cf. LXXGe.47.8, etc.    II abs. usages,    1 gen., τριῶν ἡμερέων within three days, Hdt.2.115, cf. Th.7.3; ἡμερῶν ὀλίγων within a few days, Id.4.26, etc.; ἄλλης ἡ. another day, S.El.698; τῆς αὐτῆς ἡ. Isoc.4.87; μιᾶς ἀμέρας IG5(1).213.43 (Sparta, V B.C.); ἡμέρας by day, opp. νυκτός, S.Fr.65; οὔθ' ἡμέρας οὔτε νυκτός Pl.Phdr.240c; τοὺς . . τῆς ἡ. ἄρτους δ daily, UPZ 47.21 (ii B.C.); δὶς τῆς ἡμέρης ἑκάστης twice every day, Hdt.2.37; δίς τῆς ἡ. Pl.Com.207; πεντάκις τῆς ἡ. Men.326; κατεσθίω . . τῆς ἡ. πένθ' ἡμιμέδιμνα five every day, Pherecr.1.    2 dat., τῇδε θἠμέρᾳ,= σήμερον, (S.OT1283; τῇ τόθ' ἡ Id.El.1134.    3 acc., πᾶσαν ἡ. any day, i.e. soon, Hdt.1.111, 7.203; τὴν μὲν αὐτίχ' ἡ. S.OC433; ὅλην τὴν ἡ. Eup.233; τρίτην ἡ. ἥκων two days after one's arrival, Th.8.23; οὐδεμίαν ἡ. ὑπεύθυνος εἶναί φημι D.18.112; πέντε ἡμέρας during five days, Th.8.103; τὰς ἡ. in the daytime, X.Cyr.1.3.12; τὴν ἡ. daily, LXXEx. 29.38.    III with Preps., μίαν ἀν' ἁμέραν on one day, Pi.O.9.85; ἀνὰ πᾶσαν ἡ. every day, Hdt.7.198; ἀφ' ἡμέρας τῆς νῦν from this day, S.OT351; but ἀφ' ἡμέρας γίνεσθαι ἐν τῷ Μουσείῳ from early in the day, Plb.8.25.11: δι' ἡμέρης, Att. -ρας, the whole day long, Hdt.1.97, 2.173, Pherecr.64, Ar.Ra.260(lyr.); διὰ τρίτης ἡ. every other day, Hdt. 2.37; διὰ πολλῶν ἡ. at a distance of many days, Th.2.29; δι' ἡμερῶν τινων Thphr.HP4.3.6; εἰσ ἡμέραν yearly, LXXJd.17.10; ἐν ἡμέρῃ in a single day, Hdt.1.126, cf. Men.Pk.377; ἐνἡ. μιᾷ S.OT615; τῇδ' ἐν ἡ. Id.OC1612; ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡ. Ev.Jo.14.20; ἐν ἑστέραισιν ἡ. A.Ag.1666; ἐν ὀκτὼ ἡ. Lys.20.10; but ἐν τρισὶν ἡ. within three days, Ev.Jo.2.19; ἐξ ἡμέρας by day, οὔτε νυκτὸς οὔτ' ἐξ ἡ. S.El.780; ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας day after day, Henioch.5.13, LXXGe.39.10, 2 Ep.Pet.2.8 (but ἐξ ἡμερῶν εἰς ἡμέρας LXX 2 Ch.21.15); ἐπ' ἡμέρην ἔχειν, ἐφ' -ραν χρῆσθαι, sufficient for the day, Hdt.1.32, Th.4.69; τὸ γὰρ βρότειον σπέρμ' ἐφ' ἡ. φρονεῖ A. Fr.399; τῆς ἐφ' ἡ. βορᾶς E.El.429; but τοὐφ' ἡμέραν day by day, Id.Cyc. 336: c. dat., ἐπ' ἡμέρῃ ἑκάστῃ (v.l. -ρης -της) every day, Hdt.5.117; ὁ ἥλιος νέος ἐφ' ἡμέρῃ Heraclit.6; καθ' ἡμέραν by day, A.Ch.818 (lyr.); καθ' ἡ. τὴν νῦν to-day, S.OC3, Aj.801; but καθ' ἡ. commonly means day by day, IG12.84.40, etc.; καθ' ἡ. ἀεί [S.]Fr.1120.4: with Art., τὸν καθ' ἡ. βίον Id.OC1364; ἡ καθ' ἡ. ἀναγκαία τροφή Th.1.2; τὰ καθ' ἡ. ἐπιτηδεύματα Id.2.37; τὸ καθ' ἡ. ἀδεές Id.3.37, etc.; τὸ καθ' ἡ. every day, Ar.Eq.1126 (lyr.), etc.; also τὰ καθ' ἑκάστην τὴν ἡ. ἐπιτηδεύματα Isoc.4.78; μετ' ἡμέρην in broad daylight, opp. νυκτός, Hdt.2.150, cf. Ar.Pl.930; opp. νύκτωρ, Aeschin.3.77; μεθ' ἡμέρας some days after, LXXJd.15.1; ἡμέρα παρ' ἡμέραν γιγνομένη day following on day, Antipho 5.72; but παρ' ἡμέραν every other day, Dsc.3.137, Luc.DDeor.24.2; παρ' ἡ. ἄρχειν Plu.Fab.15; καθ' ἡμέραν εἰώθειν ὀργίζεσθαι, νῦν παρ' ἡμέραν, εἶτα παρὰ δύο, εἶτα παρὰ τρεῖς Arr.Epict.2.18.13; πρὸ ἡμέρας before day-break, Diph.22; but πρὸ ἀμερᾶν δέκα ἤ κα μέλλωντι ἀναγινώσκεν GDI5040.42 (Crete); πρὸ ἡμερῶν ἑπτὰ εἰδυῶν Ὀκτωμβρίων SIG646.2 (Thisbe, ii B.C.); γίγνεται, ἔστι πρὸς ἡμέραν, towards day, near day, X.HG2.4.6, Lys.1.14; also, for the day, daily, Charito 4.2.    IV as pr. n., the goddess of day, Hes.Th.124.    2 v. ἥμερος 11.