ἡμέρα day, Hom., etc.:—phrases for day-break, ἅμα ἡμέρᾳ or ἅμα τῇ ἡμέρᾳ Xen.; ἡμ. διαλάμπει or ἐκλάμπει Ar.; ἡμ. ὑποφαίνεται Xen.; γίγνεται or ἐστὶ πρὸς ἡμέραν Xen. with Adjs. to describe a state or time of life, ἐπίπονος ἡμ. a life of misery, Soph.; λυπρὰν ἄγειν ἡμ. Eur.; αἱ μακραὶ ἡμέραι length of days, Soph.; νέα ἡμ. youth, Eur. poet. for time, ἡμ. κλίνει τε κἀνάγει πάλιν ἅπαντα τἀνθρώπεια Soph. absol. usages, in gen., τριῶν ἡμερέων within three days, Hdt.; ἡμερῶν ὀλίγων within a few days, Thuc.: —also, ἡμέρας by day, Plat.; δὶς τῆς ἡμέρης ἑκάστης twice every day, Hdt. in dat., τῇδε τῇ ἡμέρᾳ on this day, Soph.; so, τῇδʼ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ Soph. in acc., πᾶσαν ἡμ. all day, Hdt.; τρίτην ἡμ. ἥκων three days after oneʼs arrival, Thuc.; τὰς ἡμέρας in daytime Xen. with Preps., ἀνὰ πᾶσαν ἡμ. every day, Hdt.:— διʼ ἡμέρης, Attic -ρας, the whole day long, Hdt.; διὰ τρίτης ἡμ. every third day, Lat. tertio quoque die, Hdt.; διʼ ἡμ. πολλῶν at a distance of many days, Thuc.: — ἐξ ἡμέρας by day, Soph.:— ἐφʼ ἡμέραν sufficient for the day, Hdt., etc.; but, τοὐφʼ ἡμέραν day by day, Eur.:— καθʼ ἡμέραν by day, Aesch.; but commonly day by day, daily, Soph., etc.; τὸ καθʼ ἡμ., absol., every day, Ar., etc.;— μεθʼ ἡμέραν at mid- day, Hdt., etc.