ἐφήμερ-ος, ον,
Doric dialect ἐπάμ- [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.95, “fragment” 182 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (ἐφαμ- [[ “I.” 7(6).40, “fragment” 157)] Refs]: (ἡμέρα):—more common form of ἐφημέριος, especially in Prose, living but a day: hence, short-lived, τερπνόν [[[prev. author] “I.” [same place]; τύχαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 866, 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 45; ὄλβος οὐ βέβαιος, ἀλλ᾽ ἐ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” [558]; ἐ. σώματα καὶ χρήματα ἡγεῖσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.53; χρῆσις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1252b16; ἐ. καὶ προπετῆ βίον 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 382; τὸ ἐ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1096b5; ἐ. πᾶν τὸ τῶν πολλῶν ἀγαθόν 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 489. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 of men, ἐφήμεροι creatures of a day, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.95, 7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 1.3, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 83; ὦ τάλας ἐφάμερε 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 157; ὦφήμερε 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 223; ὦ φίλοι καὶ ἀτεχνῶς ἐ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 923a. ] Refs 7th c.BC+]
__II for the day, daily, πυρετός [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 4.55; τροφή 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 8.41, NT.Jam.2.15, 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 62.17. compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.32 (_plural_); γυμνασία 1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 1.4; πράξεις 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pseudol.” 17; δαπάνη 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 16, etc.] NT+5th c.BC+]: neuter plural as adverb, once a day, [[ 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus “Eup.” 1.9. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]