The corpus record

ἦμος

emos

at which time, when

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Where it lives

Works and Days 4 · 6.94/10k
Odyssey 30 · 3.45/10k
Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
Trachiniae 2 · 2.75/10k
Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
Iliad 8 · 0.72/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

ἦμος · ēmos — LSJ

at which time, when

at which time, when, in Hom., freq. in protasi with τῆμος, τῆμος ἄρα . . , τῆμος δή . . , etc., in apodosi (v. τῆμος) ; ἆμος . . , τᾶμος . . Theoc. 13.25; ἦ. . . , δὴ τότε Il. 1.475, al.: folld. by δὴ τότʼ ἔπειτα Od. 17.1; by καὶ τότε δή Il. 8.68; by καὶ τότʼ ἔπειτα 1.477; by καὶ τότε δή ῥα 16.779; by ἄρα or ῥά alone, Od. 2.1, 19.428, cf. S. Aj. 935 (lyr.); by τηνικαῦτα Hdt. 4.28; by τότε S. Tr. 155: rarely without some particle in apodosi, as Od. 3.491, E. Hec. 915 (lyr.); ἦ. ὅτε A.R. 4.267, 45

2 while, so long as

with pres., while, so long as, S. Tr. 531: or impf., Id. OT 1134.

In the wild

ἦμος · ēmos Euripides, Hecuba 1 (DIORISIS sentence 500)
ἦμος · ēmos Herodotus, Histories 4.28.3 (DIORISIS sentence 4267)
ἦμος · ēmos Shield of Heracles 393–400
ἦμος · ēmos Works and Days 414–416
ἦμος · ēmos Works and Days 486–489
ἦμος · ēmos Works and Days 582–587

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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. ἦμος (scan p. 567; entry #2469).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἦμος (scan p. 427; entry #3015).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἦμος (scan p. 669; entry #2344).

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