ἡμέρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀμάρα
• ἀμέρα (Doric)
• ἡμέρη (Homeric, Ionic)

Etymology

Lengthened form of ἧμαρ (hēmar, “day”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃mr̥ (“heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃ (“be hot, burn”). Cognate with Old Armenian աւր (awr, “day”).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /hɛ͜ɛméra͜a/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /heːmɛ́raː/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /iméra/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /iméra/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /iméɾa/

Noun

ἡμέρα (genitive ἡμέρας) f, first declension; (hēmerā)

1. day
2. period of life
3. (poetic) time

Inflection

First declension of ἡμέρᾱ, ἡμέρᾱς

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἡμέρᾱ	τὼ ἡμέρᾱ	αἱ ἡμέραι
Genitive	τῆς ἡμέρᾱς	τοῖν ἡμέραιν	τῶν ἡμερῶν
Dative	τῇ ἡμέρᾳ	τοῖν ἡμέραιν	ταῖς ἡμέραις
Accusative	τὴν ἡμέρᾱν	τὼ ἡμέρᾱ	τὰς ἡμέρᾱς
Vocative	ἡμέρᾱ	ἡμέρᾱ	ἡμέραι

Descendants

• Greek: ημέρα (iméra)

References

• ἡμέρα in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940
• Bauer lexicon
• Robert S. P. Beekes (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill Academic Publishers)
• Strong’s concordance number: G2250