ἡμέρα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ep. and Ion. [[ἡμέρη]] ''IG''12(5).1 (Ios), Dor. [[ἀμέρα]] ib.5(1).213.43,al., 1390.109, 1432.25, ''Test.Epict.''4.12, ''Michel''995''A'' 32, etc., Locr. [[ἀμάρα]] ''IG''9(1).334.42 (aspirated perhaps only in Att. and West Ion., cf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[ἐπάμερος]] Pi., etc., [[αὐθημερόν]] ''IG''7.235.18 (Oropus), etc.; usually unaspirated in early Att. Inscrr., ''IG''12.49.6, 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 ἡμέρη ἥδε]]; Od.24.514; [[νύκτες τε καὶ ἡμέραι]] 14.93; [[μῆνές τε καὶ ἡμέραι]] ib.293; νοῦσοι ἐφ' ἡμέρῃ αἳ δ' ἐπὶ νυκτί Hes.''Op.''102; [[ἡ σήμερον ἡμέρα]], v. [[σήμερον]]· [[ἅμα ἡμέρᾳ]] or [[ἅμα τῇ ἡμέρᾳ]] = [[at daybreak]], X.''An.''6.3.6, Aeschin.3.76; ἅμ' ἡμέρῃ διαφωσκούσῃ [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.86; [[ἡμέρα διέλαμψεν]], [[ἡμέρα ἐξέλαμψεν]], [[ἡμέρα ὑπέφαινε]], Ar.''Pl.''744, ''Pax''304, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''4.5.14; [[τῆς ἡμέρας ὀψέ]] = [[late in the day]], Id.''HG''2.1.23.<br><span class="bld">2</span> sometimes like Ep. [[ἦμαρ]], with Adjs. to describe a [[state]] or [[time]] of [[life]], [[ἐπίπονος ἁμέρα]] = [[a life of misery]], S.''Tr.''654 (lyr.); [[λυπρὰν ἄγειν ἡμέραν]] E. ''Hec.''364; [[ἐχθρὰ ἡμέρα]] Id.''Ph.''540; [[παλαιὰ ἁμέρα]] = [[old age]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''623 (but [[θεία ἡμέρα]] Id.''Fr.''950 is dub. l.); [[τερμία ἁμέρα]] Id.''Ant.''1330 (lyr.); [[αἱ μακραὶ ἁμέραι]] = [[length]] of [[day]]s, Id.''OC''1216(lyr.); [[νέα ἁμέρα]] = [[youth]], [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Ion]]''720(lyr.); so [[τῇ πρώτῃ ἡμέρᾳ]] Arist.''Rh.''1389a24; [[ἐπὶ τῇ τελευταίᾳ ἡμέρᾳ]] = [[at the close of life]], ib.1389b33, cf. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''1529; [[ζοὴν βλέπουσιν ἡμέραν]] = [[look life-like]], Herod.4.68.<br><span class="bld">3</span> ''poet.'' for [[time]], ἡμέρα κλίνει τε κἀνάγει πάλιν ἅπαντα τἀνθρώπεια [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''131; ἐς τόδ' ἡμέρας Id.''OC''1138: pl., [[ἐν ἡμέραις τινός]] [[in the days]] of... [[LXX]] ''1 Ch.''4.41, etc.; [[ἡμέραι ἀρχαῖαι]] ib.''Ps.''142(143).5.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[birthday]], D.L.4.41.<br><span class="bld">5</span> a [[fixed day]], [[τακτὴ ἡμέρα]] ''Act.Ap.''12.21; [[ῥητὴ ἡμέρα]] Luc.''Alex.''19; ἡ. ἔστησαν ἀρχαιρεσιῶν D.H.6.48, cf. ''Act.Ap.''17.31; ἡ. Κυρίου [[LXX]] ''Jl.''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.''23''Beibl.''93 (Pamphyl.).<br><span class="bld">6</span> in plural, [[age]], [[προβεβηκὼς ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις]] = [[advanced in years]] ''Ev.Luc.''1.7, cf. [[LXX]] ''Ge.''47.8, etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span> abs. usages,<br><span class="bld">1</span> gen., [[τριῶν ἡμερέων]] = [[within three days]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.115, cf. Th.7.3; [[ἡμερῶν ὀλίγων]] = [[within a few days]], Id.4.26, etc.; [[ἄλλης ἡμέρας]] = [[another day]], S.''El.''698; [[τῆς αὐτῆς ἡμέρας]] Isoc.4.87; [[μιᾶς ἀμέρας]] ''IG''5(1).213.43 (Sparta, V B.C.); [[ἡμέρας]] = [[by day]], opp. [[νυκτός]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''65; οὔθ' ἡμέρας οὔτε νυκτός [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''240c; τοὺς.. τῆς ἡμέρας ἄρτους δ. [[daily]], ''UPZ'' 47.21 (ii B.C.); [[δὶς τῆς ἡμέρης ἑκάστης]] = [[twice every day]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.37; [[δίς τῆς ἡμέρας]] Pl.Com.207; [[πεντάκις]] τῆς ἡμέρας Men.326; κατεσθίω.. τῆς ἡμέρας πένθ' ἡμιμέδιμνα = [[five]] [[every day]], Pherecr.1.<br><span class="bld">2</span> dat., [[τῇδε θἠμέρᾳ]] = [[σήμερον]], ([[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''1283; τῇ τόθ' ἡ Id.''El.''1134.<br><span class="bld">3</span> acc., [[πᾶσαν ἡμέραν]] = [[any day]], i.e. [[soon]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.111, 7.203; [[τὴν μὲν αὐτίχ' ἡμέραν]] S.''OC''433; [[ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν]] Eup.233; [[τρίτην ἡμέραν ἥκων]] [[two days after one's arrival]], Th.8.23; οὐδεμίαν ἡμέραν ὑπεύθυνος εἶναί φημι D.18.112; [[πέντε ἡμέρας]] [[during five days]], Th.8.103; [[τὰς ἡμέρας]] = [[in the daytime]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.3.12; [[τὴν ἡμέραν]] = [[daily]], [[LXX]] ''Ex.'' 29.38.<br><span class="bld">III</span> with Preps., [[μίαν ἀν' ἁμέραν]] = [[on one day]], Pi.''O.''9.85; [[ἀνὰ πᾶσαν ἡμέραν]] = [[every day]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.198; [[ἀφ' ἡμέρας τῆς νῦν]] = [[from this day]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''351; but [[ἀφ' ἡμέρας]] γίνεσθαι ἐν τῷ Μουσείῳ = [[from early in the day]], Plb.8.25.11: [[δι' ἡμέρης]], Att. [[δι' ἡμέρας]], [[the whole day long]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.97, 2.173, Pherecr.64, Ar.''Ra.''260(lyr.); [[διὰ τρίτης ἡμέρας]] = [[every other day]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 2.37; [[διὰ πολλῶν ἡμερῶν]] [[at a distance of many days]], Th.2.29; δι' ἡμερῶν τινων [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 4.3.6; [[εἰς ἡμέραν]] = [[yearly]], [[LXX]] ''Jd.''17.10; [[ἐν ἡμέρῃ]] = [[in a single day]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.126, cf. Men.''Pk.''377; ἐνἡ. μιᾷ [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''615; [[τῇδ' ἐν ἡμέρᾳ]] Id.''OC''1612; [[ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ]] ''Ev.Jo.''14.20; [[ἐν ἑστέραισιν ἡμέραις]] A.''Ag.''1666; [[ἐν ὀκτὼ ἡμέραις]] Lys.20.10; but [[ἐν τρισὶν ἡμέραις]] = [[within three days]], Ev.Jo.2.19; [[ἐξ ἡμέρας]] = [[by day]], [[οὔτε νυκτὸς οὔτ' ἐξ ἡμέρας]] S.''El.''780; [[ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας]] = [[day after day]], Henioch.5.13, [[LXX]] ''Ge.''39.10, ''2 Ep.Pet.''2.8 (but ἐξ ἡμερῶν εἰς ἡμέρας [[LXX]] ''2 Ch.''21.15); [[ἐπ' ἡμέρην ἔχειν]], [[ἐφ' ἡμέραν χρῆσθαι]], [[sufficient for the day]], [[Herodotus|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]] ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ἐπ' ἡμέρης ἑκάστης]]) [[every day]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.117; ὁ ἥλιος νέος ἐφ' ἡμέρῃ Heraclit.6; [[καθ' ἡμέραν]] = [[by day]], A.''Ch.''818 (lyr.); [[καθ' ἡμέραν τὴν νῦν]] = [[today]], S.''OC''3, ''Aj.''801; but [[καθ' ἡμέραν]] commonly means [[day by day]], IG12.84.40, etc.; [[καθ' ἡμέραν ἀεί]] [S.]''Fr.''1120.4: with Art., τὸν καθ' ἡμέραν βίον Id.''OC''1364; ἡ καθ' ἡμέραν [[ἀναγκαῖος|ἀναγκαία]] [[τροφή]] Th.1.2; τὰ καθ' ἡμέραν ἐπιτηδεύματα Id.2.37; τὸ καθ' ἡμέραν ἀδεές Id.3.37, etc.; [[τὸ καθ' ἡμέραν]] = [[every day]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''1126 (lyr.), etc.; also τὰ καθ' ἑκάστην τὴν ἡμέραν ἐπιτηδεύματα Isoc.4.78; [[μετ' ἡμέρην]] = [[in broad daylight]], opp. νυκτός, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.150, cf. Ar.''Pl.''930; opp. [[νύκτωρ]], Aeschin.3.77; [[μεθ' ἡμέρας]] = [[some days after]], [[LXX]] ''Jd.''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' ἡμέραν]] [[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 daybreak]], Diph.22; but πρὸ ἀμερᾶν δέκα ἤ κα μέλλωντι [[ἀναγινώσκεν]] ''GDI''5040.42 (Crete); πρὸ ἡμερῶν ἑπτὰ εἰδυῶν Ὀκτωμβρίων ''SIG''646.2 (Thisbe, ii B.C.); γίγνεται, ἔστι [[πρὸς ἡμέραν]], [[towards day]], [[near day]], X.''HG''2.4.6, Lys.1.14; also, [[for the day]], [[daily]], Charito 4.2.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> as pr. n., the [[goddess of day]], Hes.''Th.''124.<br><span class="bld">2</span> v. [[ἥμερος]] ''ΙΙ''.