ἐφήμερος

A. living but a day: hence, short-lived, τερπνόν id.I.l.c.; τύχαι E. Heracl. 866, Diph. 45; ὄλβος οὐ βέβαιος, ἀλλ’ ἐ. E. Ph. [558]; ἐ. σώματα καὶ χρήματα ἡγεῖσθαι Th. 2.53; χρῆσις Arist. Pol. 1252b16; ἐ. καὶ προπετῆ βίον Men. 382; τὸ ἐ. Arist. EN 1096b5; ἐ. πᾶν τὸ τῶν πολλῶν ἀγαθόν Epicur. Fr. 489.

2. of men, ἐφήμεροι creatures of a day, Pi. P. 8.95, Semon. 1.3, A. Pr. 83; ὦ τάλας ἐφάμερε Pi. Fr. 157; ὦφήμερε Ar. Nu. 223; ὦ φίλοι καὶ ἀτεχνῶς ἐ. Pl. Lg. 923a.

II. for the day, daily, πυρετός Hp. Aph. 4.55; τροφή D.H. 8.41, Ep.Jac. 2.15, Vett.Val. 62.17. cf. D.S. 3.32 (pl.); γυμνασία Ascl. Tact. 1.4; πράξεις Luc. Pseudol. 17; δαπάνη Plu. Per. 16, etc.: neut. pl. as Adv., once a day, Orib. Eup. 1.9.

III. φάρμακον ἐ. killing on the same day, Plu. Them. 31.