ἡμέρα

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Lengthened form of ἦμαρ (êmar, day).[1] The initial aspiration (h) in Attic is probably by analogy with ἑσπέρᾱ (hespérā). Cognate with Old Armenian աւր (awr, day).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἡμέρᾱ (hēmérāf (genitive ἡμέρᾱς); first declension

  1. day
  2. (with adjectives) a time of life of a particular type or length
  3. (poetic) time
  4. (adverbial)
    1. (genitive) within a certain number of days; by day; sometime during a particular day
    2. (dative) on a particular day
    3. (accusative) for a day or days; after a day or a certain number of days; in the daytime

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: ημέρα (iméra)
  • Mariupol Greek: ме́ра (mjéra)
  • Tsakonian: αμέρα (améra)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἦμαρ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 518

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