ἐφήμερος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπ(ί)- (ep(í)-, “on”) +‎ ἡμέρᾱ (hēmérā, “day”).

Pronunciation
 

Adjective

ἐφήμερος • (ephḗmeros) m or f (neuter ἐφήμερον); second declension

  1. living only one day; short-lived
  2. for a day; daily; once a day
  3. (as with φάρμακον (phármakon)) acting or occurring within one day

Declension
Second declension of ἐφήμερος; ἐφήμερον (Attic)
Number Singular Dual Plural
Case/Gender Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter
Nominative ἐφήμερος
ephḗmeros		 ἐφήμερον
ephḗmeron		 ἐφημέρω
ephēmérō		 ἐφημέρω
ephēmérō		 ἐφήμεροι
ephḗmeroi		 ἐφήμερᾰ
ephḗmera
Genitive ἐφημέρου
ephēmérou		 ἐφημέρου
ephēmérou		 ἐφημέροιν
ephēméroin		 ἐφημέροιν
ephēméroin		 ἐφημέρων
ephēmérōn		 ἐφημέρων
ephēmérōn
Dative ἐφημέρῳ
ephēmérōi		 ἐφημέρῳ
ephēmérōi		 ἐφημέροιν
ephēméroin		 ἐφημέροιν
ephēméroin		 ἐφημέροις
ephēmérois		 ἐφημέροις
ephēmérois
Accusative ἐφήμερον
ephḗmeron		 ἐφήμερον
ephḗmeron		 ἐφημέρω
ephēmérō		 ἐφημέρω
ephēmérō		 ἐφημέρους
ephēmérous		 ἐφήμερᾰ
ephḗmera
Vocative ἐφήμερε
ephḗmere		 ἐφήμερον
ephḗmeron		 ἐφημέρω
ephēmérō		 ἐφημέρω
ephēmérō		 ἐφήμεροι
ephḗmeroi		 ἐφήμερᾰ
ephḗmera
Derived forms Adverb Comparative Superlative
ἐφημέρως
ephēmérōs		 ἐφημερώτερος
ephēmerṓteros		 ἐφημερώτᾰτος
ephēmerṓtatos
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms
  • (short-lived): ἐφημέρῐος (ephēmérios)

Derived terms
  • ἐφημερευτήρῐον (ephēmereutḗrion)
  • ἐφημερευτής (ephēmereutḗs)
  • ἐφημερεύω (ephēmereúō)
  • ἐφημερέω (ephēmeréō)
  • ἐφημερῐ́ᾱ (ephēmeríā)
  • ἐφημερῐνός (ephēmerinós)
  • ἐφημέρῐος (ephēmérios)
  • ἐφημερῐ́ς (ephēmerís)
  • ἐφημερόβῐος (ephēmeróbios)
  • ἐφήμερον (ephḗmeron)
  • ἐφημερούσῐος (ephēmeroúsios)

Descendants

Further reading
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