ἦμαρ

English (LSJ)

Dor. and Arc. ἆμαρ, ατος, τό,

   A = ἡμέρα, day, the prevailing form in Hom., νύκτες τε καὶ ἤματα Od.11.183; νύκτας τε καὶ ἦμαρ by night and day, Il.5.490, Od.24.63 (where sg. ἦμαρ is used as pl., as in ποσσῆμαρ, ἐννῆμαρ, ἑξῆμαρ) ; ἆμαρ ἢ νύκτες Pi.P.4.256; ἦμαρ alone, by day, Hes.Op.176 (but τὸ ἦ. on that day, JHS12.234 (Cilicia)); μέσον ἦ. midday, Il.21.111, cf. Pi.P.9.113, etc.; δείελον ἦ. evening, Od.17.606; ἤματι χειμερίῳ on a winter's day, Il.12.279, cf. 16.385.    2 used in Ep. with Adjs., of a state or condition, αἴσιμον, ὀλέθριον, μόρσιμον, νηλεὲς ἦ., the day of destiny, of death, Il.8.72, 19.294, Od.10.175, Il.11.484; ἐλεύθερον, δούλιον, ἀναγκαῖον ἦ., the day of freedom, of slavery, 6.455,463, 16.836; νόστιμον ἦ. Od.1.9, al.; ἦ. ὀρφανικόν Il.22.490.    II with Preps., ἐπ' ἤματι day by day, daily, Od.12.105, 14.105 (αἰὲν ἐπ' ἤματι S.OC688); in a day, within a day's space, Il.10.48, 19.229, Od.2.284; ἐπ' ἄματι at the close of day Theoc.24.139; ἐπ' ἆ. by day, S.OT199; ἐπ' ἦ. for a day, Id.Fr.255.3, E.Ph.401; ἐπ' ἆμαρ ἕκαστον, ἆμαρ ἐπ' ἆμαρ, Theoc.17.96, 11.69; ἦ. ἐπ' ἦ. ἀεί AP9.499; κατ' ἦ. day by day, S.Ph.798, E.Hec.628; κατ' ἦ. αἰεί S.OC682 (lyr.); ἀεὶ κατ' ἦ. E.Tr.392; ἀεὶ τὸ κατ' ἦ. Id.El.145 (lyr.); τὸ κατ' ἆμαρ the needs of the day, one's daily bread, S.Ph.1089,Fr.593(lyr.); but κατ' ἆ. also, this day, to-day, Id.OC1079,cf.Aj.753; τὸ μὲν παρ' ἆ., τὸ δέ on one day, and on the next . ., Pi.P.11.63; παρ' ἦ. on the morrow, S.OC1455(lyr.); παρ' ἦ. ἡμέρα day after day, Id.Aj.475; ἰν ἄματα πάντα in perpetuity, IG5(2).5 (Tegea); without ἰν, ib.262.22 (Mantinea).