The corpus record

ἡμερ-εύω

emereuo

spend the day

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Where it lives

Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
Electra 1 · 1.15/10k
Economics 1 · 0.56/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k

What it meant — LSJ

spend the day, to travel the whole day

spend the day, ἐν τόπῳ ἐρήμῳ X. HG 5.4.3; ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ D. 44.4; πρὸς πῦρ X. Oec. 4.2; ἐν πόνοισιν E. Fr. 525 codd.: abs., to travel the whole day, A. Ch. 710.

2 pass oneʼs days

pass oneʼs days, ἕκηλα ἡ. S. El. 787:—Med., δίαιταν ἥντινʼ ἡμερεύεται dub. l. in E. Fr. 812.6.

3 work by day

work by day, PLond. 3.1177.78 (ii A.D.).

In the wild

ἡμερεύοντας · hēmereuontas Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 710–711
ἡμερεύσομεν · hēmereusomen Sophocles, Electra 784–787
ἡμερεύειν · hēmereuein Xenophon, Economics 4.2 (DIORISIS sentence 184)
ἡμερεύσαντες · hēmereusantes Xenophon, Hellenica 5.4.3 (DIORISIS sentence 2229)

Where it came from

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