ἡμέρα

ἡμέρα, Ep. and Ion. ἡμέρη IG 12(5).1 (Ios), Dor. ἀμέρα ib.5(1).213.43,al., 1390.109, 1432.25, Test.Epict. 4.12, Michel 995A 32, etc., Locr. ἀμάρα IG 9(1).334.42 (aspirated perh. only in Att. and West Ion., cf. ἐπάμερος Pi., etc., αὐθημερόν IG 7.235.18 (Oropus), etc.; usu. unaspirated in early Att. Inscrr., IG 12.49.6, al.; aspirated in codd. even in dialects: original ἀμέρα prob. took aspirate from ἑσπέρα): ἡ:—A. day, less freq. than ἦμαρ in Hom., ἡ. ἥδε κακὸν φέρει Il. 8.541, 13.828; τίς νύ μοι ἡ. ἥδε; Od. 24.514; νύκτες τε καὶ ἡ. 14.93; μῆνές τε καὶ ἡ. ib.293; νοῦσοι ἐφʼ ἡμέρῃ αἳ δʼ ἐπὶ νυκτί Hes. Op. 102; ἡ σήμερον ἡ., v. σήμερον· ἅμα ἡμέρᾳ or ἅμα τῇ ἡμέρᾳ at daybreak, X. An. 6.3.6, Aeschin. 3.76; ἅμʼ ἡμέρῃ διαφωσκούσῃ Hdt. 3.86; ἡ. διέλαμψεν, ἐξέλαμψεν, ὑπέφαινε, Ar. Pl. 744, Pax 304, X. Cyr. 4.5.14; τῆς ἡ. ὀψέ late in the day, Id. HG 2.1.23. 2. sts. like Ep. ἦμαρ, with Adjs. to describe a state or time of life, ἐπίπονος ἁ. a life of misery, S. Tr. 654 (lyr.); λυπρὰν ἄγειν ἡ. E. Hec. 364; ἐχθρὰ ἡ. Id. Ph. 540; παλαιὰ ἁ. old age, S. Aj. 623 (but θεία ἡ. Id. Fr. 950 is dub. l.); τερμία ἁ. Id. Ant. 1330 (lyr.); αἱ μακραὶ ἁμέραι length of days, Id. OC 1216(lyr.); νέα ἁ. youth, E. Ion 720(lyr.); so τῇ πρώτῃ ἡ. Arist. Rh. 1389a24; ἐπὶ τῇ τελευταίᾳ ἡ. at the close of life, ib.1389b33, cf. S. OT 1529; ζοὴν βλέπουσιν ἡ. look life-like, Herod. 4.68. 3. poet. for time, ἡ. κλίνει τε κἀνάγει πάλιν ἅπαντα τἀνθρώπεια S. Aj. 131; ἐς τόδʼ ἡμέρας Id. OC 1138: pl., ἐν ἡμέραις τινός in the days of . . , LXX 1 Ch. 4.41, etc.; ἡ. ἀρχαῖαι ib.Ps. 142(143).5. 4. birthday, D.L. 4.41. 5. a fixed day, τακτὴ ἡ. Act.Ap. 12.21; ῥητὴ ἡ. Luc. Alex. 19; ἡ. ἔστησαν ἀρχαιρεσιῶν D.H. 6.48, cf. Act.Ap. 17.31; ἡ. Κυρίου LXXJl. 2.1, cf. 2 Ep.Pet. 3.12, etc.; ἡ. κρίσεως Ev.Matt. 10.15: so abs., ὑπὸ ἀνθρωπίνης ἡμέρας a human tribunal, 1 Ep.Cor. 4.3; ἡμέραι καὶ ἀγῶνες Jahresh. 23Beibl. 93 (Pamphyl.). 6. in pl., age, προβεβηκὼς ἐν ταῖς ἡ. Ev.Luc. 1.7, cf. LXXGe. 47.8, etc. II. abs. usages, 1. gen., τριῶν ἡμερέων within three days, Hdt. 2.115, cf. Th. 7.3; ἡμερῶν ὀλίγων within a few days, Id. 4.26, etc.; ἄλλης ἡ. another day, S. El. 698; τῆς αὐτῆς ἡ. Isoc. 4.87; μιᾶς ἀμέρας IG 5(1).213.43 (Sparta, V B.C.); ἡμέρας by day, opp. νυκτός, S. Fr. 65; οὔθʼ ἡμέρας οὔτε νυκτός Pl. Phdr. 240c; τοὺς . . τῆς ἡ. ἄρτους δ_ daily, UPZ 47.21 (ii B.C.); δὶς τῆς ἡμέρης ἑκάστης twice every day, Hdt. 2.37; δίς τῆς ἡ. Pl.Com. 207; πεντάκις τῆς ἡ. Men. 326; κατεσθίω . . τῆς ἡ. πένθʼ ἡμιμέδιμνα five every day, Pherecr. 1. 2. dat., τῇδε θἠμέρᾳ,= σήμερον, (S. OT 1283; τῇ τόθʼ ἡ Id. El. 1134. 3. acc., πᾶσαν ἡ. any day, i.e. soon, Hdt. 1.111, 7.203; τὴν μὲν αὐτίχʼ ἡ. S. OC 433; ὅλην τὴν ἡ. Eup. 233; τρίτην ἡ. ἥκων two days after oneʼs arrival, Th. 8.23; οὐδεμίαν ἡ. ὑπεύθυνος εἶναί φημι D. 18.112; πέντε ἡμέρας during five days, Th. 8.103; τὰς ἡ. in the daytime, X. Cyr. 1.3.12; τὴν ἡ. daily, LXXEx. 29.38. III. with Preps., μίαν ἀνʼ ἁμέραν on one day, Pi. O. 9.85; ἀνὰ πᾶσαν ἡ. every day, Hdt. 7.198; ἀφʼ ἡμέρας τῆς νῦν from this day, S. OT 351; but ἀφʼ ἡμέρας γίνεσθαι ἐν τῷ Μουσείῳ from early in the day, Plb. 8.25.11: διʼ ἡμέρης, Att. -ρας, the whole day long, Hdt. 1.97, 2.173, Pherecr. 64, Ar. Ra. 260(lyr.); διὰ τρίτης ἡ. every other day, Hdt. 2.37; διὰ πολλῶν ἡ. at a distance of many days, Th. 2.29; διʼ ἡμερῶν τινων Thphr. HP 4.3.6; εἰσ ἡμέραν yearly, LXXJd. 17.10; ἐν ἡμέρῃ in a single day, Hdt. 1.126, cf. Men. Pk. 377; ἐν ἡ. μιᾷ S. OT 615; τῇδʼ ἐν ἡ. Id. OC 1612; ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡ. Ev.Jo. 14.20; ἐν ἑστέραισιν ἡ. A. Ag. 1666; ἐν ὀκτὼ ἡ. Lys. 20.10; but ἐν τρισὶν ἡ. within three days, Ev.Jo. 2.19; ἐξ ἡμέρας by day, οὔτε νυκτὸς οὔτʼ ἐξ ἡ. S. El. 780; ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας day after day, Henioch. 5.13, LXXGe. 39.10, 2 Ep.Pet. 2.8 (but ἐξ ἡμερῶν εἰς ἡμέρας LXX 2 Ch. 21.15); ἐπʼ ἡμέρην ἔχειν, ἐφʼ -ραν χρῆσθαι, sufficient for the day, Hdt. 1.32, Th. 4.69; τὸ γὰρ βρότειον σπέρμʼ ἐφʼ ἡ. φρονεῖ A. Fr. 399; τῆς ἐφʼ ἡ. βορᾶς E. El. 429; but τοὐφʼ ἡμέραν day by day, Id. Cyc. 336: c. dat., ἐπʼ ἡμέρῃ ἑκάστῃ (v.l. -ρης -της) every day, Hdt. 5.117; ὁ ἥλιος νέος ἐφʼ ἡμέρῃ Heraclit. 6; καθʼ ἡμέραν by day, A. Ch. 818 (lyr.); καθʼ ἡ. τὴν νῦν to-day, S. OC 3, Aj. 801; but καθʼ ἡ. commonly means day by day, IG 12.84.40, etc.; καθʼ ἡ. ἀεί [S.]Fr. 1120.4: with Art., τὸν καθʼ ἡ. βίον Id. OC 1364; ἡ καθʼ ἡ. ἀναγκαία τροφή Th. 1.2; τὰ καθʼ ἡ. ἐπιτηδεύματα Id. 2.37; τὸ καθʼ ἡ. ἀδεές Id. 3.37, etc.; τὸ καθʼ ἡ. every day, Ar. Eq. 1126 (lyr.), etc.; also τὰ καθʼ ἑκάστην τὴν ἡ. ἐπιτηδεύματα Isoc. 4.78; μετʼ ἡμέρην in broad daylight, opp. νυκτός, Hdt. 2.150, cf. Ar. Pl. 930; opp. νύκτωρ, Aeschin. 3.77; μεθʼ ἡμέρας some days after, LXXJd. 15.1; ἡμέρα παρʼ ἡμέραν γιγνομένη day following on day, Antipho 5.72; but παρʼ ἡμέραν every other day, Dsc. 3.137, Luc. DDeor. 24.2; παρʼ ἡ. ἄρχειν Plu. Fab. 15; καθʼ ἡμέραν εἰώθειν ὀργίζεσθαι, νῦν παρʼ ἡμέραν, εἶτα παρὰ δύο, εἶτα παρὰ τρεῖς Arr. Epict. 2.18.13; πρὸ ἡμέρας before day-break, Diph. 22; but πρὸ ἀμερᾶν δέκα ἤ κα μέλλωντι ἀναγινώσκεν GDI 5040.42 (Crete); πρὸ ἡμερῶν ἑπτὰ εἰδυῶν Ὀκτωμβρίων SIG 646.2 (Thisbe, ii B.C.); γίγνεται, ἔστι πρὸς ἡμέραν, towards day, near day, X. HG 2.4.6, Lys. 1.14; also, for the day, daily, Charito 4.2. IV. as pr. n., the goddess of day, Hes. Th. 124. 2. v. ἥμερος II.