ἦμαρ
ἦμαρ
poet. for ἡμέρα
day, Hom.; νύκτας τε καὶ ἦμαρ by night and day, Il.; ἦμαρ by day, Hes.; μέσον ἦμ. mid- day, Il.; δείελον ἦμ. evening, Od.
in Hom. with Adjs. to describe a state or condition, αἴσιμον, ὀλέθριον, μόρσιμον, νηλεὲς ἦμαρ the day of destiny, of death; ἐλεύθερον, δούλιον, ἀναγκαῖον ἦμαρ the day of freedom, of slavery; νόστιμον ἦμαρ, etc.
of the seasons, ἤματʼ ὀπωρινῇ, ἤματι χειμερίῳ Il.
with Preps. ἐπʼ ἤματι day by day, daily, Od.; also, in a day, for a day, Hom.: —so, ἐπʼ ἦμαρ by day, Soph.; for a day, Eur.:— κατʼ ἦμαρ day by day, Lat. quotidie, Soph.; κατʼ ἦμαρ ἀεί Soph.; but κατʼ ἦμαρ, also, this day, to-day, Lat. hodie, Soph.:— παρʼ ἦμαρ every other day, Pind., Soph.