ἐφημερίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐφήμερος (ephḗmeros, “daily”) +‎ -ις (-is, feminine adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pʰɛː.me.rís/ → /e.ɸi.meˈris/ → /e.fi.meˈris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pʰɛː.me.rís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pʰe̝.meˈris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.ɸi.meˈris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.fi.meˈris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.fi.meˈris/

Noun

ἐφημερῐ́ς • (ephēmerís) f (genitive ἐφημερῐ́δος); third declension

1. diary, journal
2. military record, particularly as kept by Alexander the Great's staff or Julius Caesar's Commentāriī dē Bellō Gallicō
   • 250 CE – 350 CE, Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 10.434b
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Alexander the Great 23
   • 86 CE – 160 CE, Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander 7.25.1
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Julius Caesar 22
3. daybook, account book
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.829c
   • 3rd century CE, Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers 6.86
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.999a
4. (especially in plural) division of priests for the daily service in a temple or the service itself
   • 37 CE – 100 CE, Josephus, The Life of Flavius Josephus 1
   • 93 CE – 94 CE, Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 7.14.7
   • 93 CE – 94 CE, Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 12.6.1

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἐφημερῐ́ς; τῆς ἐφημερῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐφημερῐ́ς hē ephēmerís	τὼ ἐφημερῐ́δε tṑ ephēmeríde	αἱ ἐφημερῐ́δες hai ephēmerídes
Genitive	τῆς ἐφημερῐ́δος tês ephēmerídos	τοῖν ἐφημερῐ́δοιν toîn ephēmerídoin	τῶν ἐφημερῐ́δων tôn ephēmerídōn
Dative	τῇ ἐφημερῐ́δῐ têi ephēmerídi	τοῖν ἐφημερῐ́δοιν toîn ephēmerídoin	ταῖς ἐφημερῐ́σῐ / ἐφημερῐ́σῐν taîs ephēmerísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐφημερῐ́δᾰ tḕn ephēmerída	τὼ ἐφημερῐ́δε tṑ ephēmeríde	τᾱ̀ς ἐφημερῐ́δᾰς tā̀s ephēmerídas
Vocative	ἐφημερῐ́ς ephēmerís	ἐφημερῐ́δε ephēmeríde	ἐφημερῐ́δες ephēmerídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Synonyms

• (division of priests): ἐφημερῐ́ᾱ (ephēmeríā)

Descendants

• Latin: ephēmeris (see there for further descendants)
• Greek: εφημερίδα (efimerída)

References

• “ἐφημερίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐφημερίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐφημερίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette