living for a day, an insect, may-fly, living from hand to mouth
living for a day: τὸ ἡ.,= τὸ ἐφήμερον, an insect, esp. may-fly, Thphr. Metaph. 29, Plin. HN 11.120; of Diogenes, living from hand to mouth, Satyr. ap. Porph. Abst. p.270 N.
The corpus record
ἡμερό-βῐος
emerobios
living for a day
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
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