Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Noun
ἡμέρᾱ • (hēmérā) f (genitive ἡμέρᾱς); first declension
- day
- (with adjectives) a time of life of a particular type or length
- (poetic) time
- (adverbial)
- (genitive) within a certain number of days; by day; sometime during a particular day
- (dative) on a particular day
- (accusative) for a day or days; after a day or a certain number of days; in the daytime
Inflection
| Case / # |
Singular |
Dual |
Plural |
| Nominative |
ἡ ἡμέρᾱ
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τὼ ἡμέρᾱ
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αἱ ἡμέραι
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| Genitive |
τῆς ἡμέρᾱς
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τοῖν ἡμέραιν
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τῶν ἡμερῶν
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| Dative |
τῇ ἡμέρᾳ
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τοῖν ἡμέραιν
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ταῖς ἡμέραις
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| Accusative |
τὴν ἡμέρᾱν
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τὼ ἡμέρᾱ
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τᾱ̀ς ἡμέρᾱς
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| Vocative |
ἡμέρᾱ
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ἡμέρᾱ
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ἡμέραι
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| Notes: |
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
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First declension of
ἡ ἡμέρη;
τῆς ἡμέρης (
Ionic)
| Case / # |
Singular |
Dual |
Plural |
| Nominative |
ἡ ἡμέρη
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τὼ ἡμέρᾱ
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αἱ ἡμέραι
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| Genitive |
τῆς ἡμέρης
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τοῖν ἡμέραιν
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τῶν ἡμερέων / ἡμερῶν
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| Dative |
τῇ ἡμέρῃ
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τοῖν ἡμέραιν
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τῇσῐ(ν) ἡμέρῃσῐ(ν) |
| Accusative |
τὴν ἡμέρην
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τὼ ἡμέρᾱ
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τᾱ̀ς ἡμέρᾱς
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| Vocative |
ἡμέρη
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ἡμέρᾱ
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ἡμέραι
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| Notes: |
Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
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First declension of
ᾱ̔ ᾱ̓μέρᾱ;
τᾶς ᾱ̓μέρᾱς (
Doric)
| Case / # |
Singular |
Dual |
Plural |
| Nominative |
ᾱ̔ ᾱ̓μέρᾱ
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τὼ ᾱ̓μέρᾱ
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ταὶ ᾱ̓μέραι
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| Genitive |
τᾶς ᾱ̓μέρᾱς
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τοῖν ᾱ̓μέραιν
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τᾶν ᾱ̓μερᾶν
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| Dative |
τᾷ ᾱ̓μέρᾳ
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τοῖν ᾱ̓μέραιν
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ταῖς ᾱ̓μέραις
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| Accusative |
τᾱ̀ν ᾱ̓μέρᾱν
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τὼ ᾱ̓μέρᾱ
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τᾱ̀ς ᾱ̓μέρᾱς
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| Vocative |
ᾱ̓μέρᾱ
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ᾱ̓μέρᾱ
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ᾱ̓μέραι
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| Notes: |
Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
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Derived terms
Terms derived from ἡμέρα (hēméra)
- αὐθήμερος (authḗmeros)
- διημερεύω (diēmereúō)
- εὐημερέω (euēmeréō)
- εὐημέρημα (euēmérēma)
- εὐημερία (euēmería)
- εὐήμερος (euḗmeros)
- ἐφημέριος (ephēmérios)
- ἐφημερίς (ephēmerís)
- ἐφήμερος (ephḗmeros)
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- ἡμερήσιος (hēmerḗsios)
- ἡμερία (hēmería)
- ἡμέρινος (hēmérinos)
- ἡμεροδρόμος (hēmerodrómos)
- ἡμερόσκοπος (hēmeróskopos)
- ἰσημερία (isēmería)
- ἰσημερινός (isēmerinós)
- καθημέριος (kathēmérios)
- μεθημερινός (methēmerinós)
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- ὁσημέραι (hosēmérai)
- πανημέριος (panēmérios)
- σήμερον (sḗmeron)
- συνδιημερεύω (sundiēmereúō)
- συνημερεύω (sunēmereúō)
- τριακονθήμερος (triakonthḗmeros)
- ὑπερημερία (huperēmería)
- ὑπερήμερος (huperḗmeros)
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Descendants
References
- ἡμέρα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἡμέρα in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- «ἡμέρα» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- “G2250”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill