ἐφημερία

Ancient Greek

From ἐφήμερος (ephḗmeros, “daily”) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā), from ἐπ(ί) (ep(í), “upon”, “on”) +‎ ἡμέρᾱ (hēmérā, “day”).

ἐφημερῐ́ᾱ • (ephēmerĭ́ā) f (genitive ἐφημερῐ́ᾱς); first declension

(biblical) the division of priests for the daily service in a temple
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, 1 Chronicles 23.6
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Nehemiah 23.30
- 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of Luke 1:5
(biblical) the service itself
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, 1 Esdras 1.16

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐφημερῐ́ᾱ hē ephēmerĭ́ā	τὼ ἐφημερῐ́ᾱ tṑ ephēmerĭ́ā	αἱ ἐφημερῐ́αι hai ephēmerĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ἐφημερῐ́ᾱς tês ephēmerĭ́ās	τοῖν ἐφημερῐ́αιν toîn ephēmerĭ́ain	τῶν ἐφημερῐῶν tôn ephēmerĭôn
Dative	τῇ ἐφημερῐ́ᾳ têi ephēmerĭ́āi	τοῖν ἐφημερῐ́αιν toîn ephēmerĭ́ain	ταῖς ἐφημερῐ́αις taîs ephēmerĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ἐφημερῐ́ᾱν tḕn ephēmerĭ́ān	τὼ ἐφημερῐ́ᾱ tṑ ephēmerĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ἐφημερῐ́ᾱς tā̀s ephēmerĭ́ās
Vocative	ἐφημερῐ́ᾱ ephēmerĭ́ā	ἐφημερῐ́ᾱ ephēmerĭ́ā	ἐφημερῐ́αι ephēmerĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.