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ἡμερ-ήσιος

emeresios

of the day

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What it meant — LSJ

of the day, as of the day

of the day, τὰ ἡ. Hp. Mul. 1.11; ὕπνοι Democr. 212; ἡ. φάος light as of the day, A. Ag. 22; θεοί PMag.Leid.W. 2.10.

II a day long, dayʼs, lasting a whole day

a day long, ἡ. ὁδός a dayʼs journey, Hdt. 4.101, Pl. R. 616b; ἡ. λόγος a speech lasting a whole day, Isoc. 15.320; ἁ. χρόνος Ti.Locr. 97c, etc.; ζωή Plu. Cons.Apoll. 2.111c.

III of, for a day, a dayʼs wages, every day, daily

of or for a day, ἀνωμαλία Gem. l.c.; μισθός PFay. 91.23 (i A.D.); τὸ ἡ. (sc. μίσθωμα) a dayʼs wages, Suid.; πεντακοσίους γράφει στίχους ἡμερησίους 500 lines every day, D.L. 7.181. Adv. -ίως daily, POxy. 83.12 (iv A.D.), prob. in PGrenf. 2.67.11 (iii A.D.).

2 calendar

ἡ. μνημόσυνον calendar, Epigr.Gr. 1096.1 (Stratonicea).

3 day-book

ἡμερησία, ἡ, day-book, BGU 12.32, 870.3 (ii A.D.).

In the wild

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Where it came from

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