ἐφημερίς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐφήμερος (ephḗmeros, “daily”) + -ις (-is, feminine adjective suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pʰɛː.me.rís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɛ.pʰe.mɛˈris/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.ɸi.meˈris/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.fi.meˈris/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.fi.meˈris/
Noun
ἐφημερῐ́ς • (ephēmerís) f (genitive ἐφημερῐ́δος); third declension
- diary, journal
- military record, particularly as kept by Alexander the Great's staff or Julius Caesar's Commentāriī dē Bellō Gallō
- daybook, account book
- (especially in plural) division of priests for the daily service in a temple or the service itself
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἐφημερῐ́ς hē ephēmerís |
τὼ ἐφημερῐ́δε tṑ ephēmeríde |
αἱ ἐφημερῐ́δες hai ephēmerídes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἐφημερῐ́δος tês ephēmerídos |
τοῖν ἐφημερῐ́δοιν toîn ephēmerídoin |
τῶν ἐφημερῐ́δων tôn ephēmerídōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἐφημερῐ́δῐ têi ephēmerídi |
τοῖν ἐφημερῐ́δοιν toîn ephēmerídoin |
ταῖς ἐφημερῐ́σῐ(ν) taîs ephēmerísi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἐφημερῐ́δᾰ tḕn ephēmerída |
τὼ ἐφημερῐ́δε tṑ ephēmeríde |
τᾱ̀ς ἐφημερῐ́δᾰς tā̀s ephēmerídas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐφημερῐ́ς ephēmerís |
ἐφημερῐ́δε ephēmeríde |
ἐφημερῐ́δες ephēmerídes | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds. | ||||||||||||
Synonyms
- (division of priests): ἐφημερῐ́ᾱ (ephēmeríā)
Descendants
- Latin: ephēmeris
- English: ephemeris
- French: éphéméride
- Spanish: efeméride
References
- ἐφημερίς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐφημερίς in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἐφημερίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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