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ἐφήμερος

ἐφήμερος

Ancient Greek

(10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /efímeros/

(15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /efímeɾos/

Adjective

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

living only one day; short-lived
for a day; daily; once a day
(as with φάρμακον ‎(phármakon)) acting or occurring within one day

Declension

Second declension of ἐφήμερος, ἐφήμερον

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἐφήμερος	ἐφήμερον		ἐφημέρω	ἐφημέρω		ἐφήμεροι	ἐφήμερα
Genitive	ἐφημέρου	ἐφημέρου		ἐφημέροιν	ἐφημέροιν		ἐφημέρων	ἐφημέρων
Dative	ἐφημέρῳ	ἐφημέρῳ		ἐφημέροιν	ἐφημέροιν		ἐφημέροις	ἐφημέροις
Accusative	ἐφήμερον	ἐφήμερον		ἐφημέρω	ἐφημέρω		ἐφημέρους	ἐφήμερα
Vocative	ἐφήμερε	ἐφήμερον		ἐφημέρω	ἐφημέρω		ἐφήμεροι	ἐφήμερα

Synonyms

(short-lived): ἐφημέριος ‎(ephēmérios)

Derived terms

ἐφημερευτήριον ‎(ephēmereutḗrion)
ἐφημερευτής ‎(ephēmereutḗs)
ἐφημερεύω ‎(ephēmereúō)
ἐφημερέω ‎(ephēmeréō)

ἐφημερία ‎(ephēmería)
ἐφημερινός ‎(ephēmerinós)
ἐφημέριος ‎(ephēmérios)
ἐφημερίς ‎(ephēmerís)

ἐφημερόβιος ‎(ephēmeróbios)
ἐφήμερον ‎(ephḗmeron)
ἐφημερούσιος ‎(ephēmeroúsios)

Descendants

English: ephemeron, ephemera
New Latin: ephēmerus
- English: ephemeral
- French: éphémère

References

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’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, 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.