ἦμαρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *ā́mər (whence Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀗𐀨𐀔 (a-mo-ra-ma /⁠āmōr-āmar⁠/, day after day)), from Proto-Indo-European *Héh₂mr̥ ~ *Héh₂mōr (heat). Cognate with Old Armenian աւր (awr, day).[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἦμᾰρ • (êmar) n (genitive ἤμᾰτος); third declension

  1. day
  2. (accusative singular, as adverb) by day
  3. (μέσον) midday
  4. (δείελον) evening
  5. (ἤματι χειμερίῳ) on winter's day

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: ημέρα (iméra)
  • Tsakonian: αμέρα (améra)
  • ? Albanian: zëmër

References

  • ἦμαρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ἦμαρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ἦμαρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἦμαρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 518
  2. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “awr”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 156
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.