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ἦμαρ

emar · τό

day, day, by day

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Where it lives

  • Works and Days 20 · 34.7/10k
  • Theogony 13 · 18.88/10k
  • Ichneutae 2 · 11.63/10k
  • Odyssey 97 · 11.16/10k
  • Iliad 92 · 8.25/10k
  • Agamemnon 6 · 7.4/10k
  • Hecuba 4 · 5.59/10k
  • Crito 2 · 4.8/10k
  • Hippias Minor 2 · 4.59/10k
  • Philoctetes 4 · 4.54/10k
  • Phoenissae 4 · 4.14/10k
  • Electra 3 · 3.97/10k

Densest 12 of 31 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

day, day, by day, on that day, day, day

= ἡμέρα, day, the prevailing form in Hom., νύκτες τε καὶ ἤματα Od. 11.183; νύκτας τε καὶ ἦμαρ by night and day, Il. 5.490, Od. 24.63 (where sg. ἦμαρ is used as pl., as in ποσσῆμαρ, ἐννῆμαρ, ἑξῆμαρ) ; ἆμαρ ἢ νύκτες Pi. P. 4.256; ἦμαρ alone, by day, Hes. Op. 176 (but τὸ ἦ. on that day, JHS 12.234 (Cilicia)); μέσον ἦ. midday, Il. 21.111, cf. Pi. P. 9.113, etc.; δείελον ἦ. evening, Od. 17.606; ἤματι χειμερίῳ on a winterʼs day, Il. 12.279, cf. 16.385.

2 the day, the day

used in Ep. with Adjs., of a state or condition, αἴσιμον, ὀλέθριον, μόρσιμον, νηλεὲς ἦ., the day of destiny, of death, Il. 8.72, 19.294, Od. 10.175, Il. 11.484; ἐλεύθερον, δούλιον, ἀναγκαῖον ἦ., the day of freedom, of slavery, 6.455, 463, 16.836; νόστιμον ἦ. Od. 1.9, al.; ἦ. ὀρφανικόν Il. 22.490.

II day by day, daily, in a day, within a dayʼs space, at the close of day, by day, for a day, day by day, the needs of the day, oneʼs daily bread, this day, to-day, on one day, and on the next, on the morrow, after day, in perpetuity

with Preps., ἐπʼ ἤματι day by day, daily, Od. 12.105, 14.105 (αἰὲν ἐπʼ ἤματι S. OC 688); in a day, within a dayʼs space, Il. 10.48, 19.229, Od. 2.284; ἐπʼ ἄματι at the close of day Theoc. 24.139; ἐπʼ ἆ. by day, S. OT 199; ἐπʼ ἦ. for a day, Id. Fr. 255.3, E. Ph. 401; ἐπʼ ἆμαρ ἕκαστον, ἆμαρ ἐπʼ ἆμαρ, Theoc. 17.96, 11.69; ἦ. ἐπʼ ἦ. ἀεί AP 9.499; κατʼ ἦ. day by day, S. Ph. 798, E. Hec. 628; κατʼ ἦ. αἰεί S. OC 682 (lyr.); ἀεὶ κατʼ ἦ. E. Tr. 392; ἀεὶ τὸ κατʼ ἦ. Id. El. 145 (lyr.); τὸ κατʼ ἆμαρ the nee

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἦμαρ (scan p. 565; entry #2461).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἦμαρ (scan p. 426; entry #3006).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἦμαρ (scan pp. 666-667; entry #2337).

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