ἦμαρ

A. = ἡμέρα, day, the prevailing form in Hom., νύκτες τε καὶ ἤματα Od. 11.183; νύκτας τε καὶ ἦμαρ by night and day, Il. 5.490, Od. 24.63 (where sg. ἦμαρ is used as pl., as in ποσσῆμαρ, ἐννῆμαρ, ἑξῆμαρ); ἆμαρ ἢ νύκτες Pi. P. 4.256; ἦμαρ alone, by day, Hes. Op. 176 (but τὸ ἦ. on that day, JHS 12.234 (Cilicia)); μέσον ἦ. midday, Il. 21.111, cf. Pi. P. 9.113, etc.; δείελον ἦ. evening, Od. 17.606; ἤματι χειμερίῳ on a winter's day, Il. 12.279, cf. 16.385.

2. used in Ep. with Adjs., of a state or condition, αἴσιμον, ὀλέθριον, μόρσιμον, νηλεὲς ἦ., the day of destiny, of death, Il. 8.72, 19.294, Od. 10.175, Il. 11.484; ἐλεύθερον, δούλιον, ἀναγκαῖον ἦ., the day of freedom, of slavery, 6.455,463, 16.836; νόστιμον ἦ. Od. 1.9, al.; ἦ. ὀρφανικόν Il. 22.490.

II. with Preps., ἐπ’ ἤματι day by day, daily, Od. 12.105, 14.105 (αἰὲν ἐπ’ ἤματι S. OC 688); in a day, within a day's space, Il. 10.48, 19.229, Od. 2.284; ἐπ’ ἄματι at the close of day Theoc. 24.139; ἐπ’ ἆ. by day, S. OT 199; ἐπ’ ἦ. for a day, Id. Fr. 255.3, E. Ph. 401; ἐπ’ ἆμαρ ἕκαστον, ἆμαρ ἐπ’ ἆμαρ, Theoc. 17.96, 11.69; ἦ. ἐπ’ ἦ. ἀεί AP 9.499; κατ’ ἦ. day by day, S. Ph. 798, E. Hec. 628; κατ’ ἦ. αἰεί S. OC 682 (lyr.); ἀεὶ κατ’ ἦ. E. Tr. 392; ἀεὶ τὸ κατ’ ἦ. Id. El. 145 (lyr.); τὸ κατ’ ἆμαρ the needs of the day, one's daily bread, S. Ph. 1089,Fr. 593(lyr.); but κατ’ ἆ. also, this day, to-day, Id. OC 1079,cf.Aj. 753; τὸ μὲν παρ’ ἆ., τὸ δέ on one day, and on the next . ., Pi. P. 11.63; παρ’ ἦ. on the morrow, S. OC 1455(lyr.); παρ’ ἦ. ἡμέρα day after day, Id. Aj. 475; ἰν ἄματα πάντα in perpetuity, IG 5(2).5 (Tegea); without ἰν, ib.262.22 (Mantinea).