amphemerinos
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμφημερῐνός (amphēmerinós).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /am.pʰeːˈme.ri.nos/, [ämpʰeːˈmɛrɪnɔs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /am.feˈme.ri.nos/, [ämfeˈmɛːrinos]
Adjective
amphēmerinos (neuter amphēmerinon); second-declension adjective (feminine forms identical to masculine forms, Greek-type)
- daily, quotidian, recurring or returning every day, not intermittent
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 28.228:
- est genus febrium, quod amphemerinon vocant; hoc liberari tradunt, si quis e vena auris asini III guttas sanguinis in II heminis aquae hauserit.
Declension
Second-declension adjective (feminine forms identical to masculine forms, Greek-type).
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | amphēmerinos | amphēmerinon | amphēmerinoe | amphēmerina | |
| Genitive | amphēmerinī | amphēmerinōrum | |||
| Dative | amphēmerinō | amphēmerinīs | |||
| Accusative | amphēmerinon | amphēmerinōs | amphēmerina | ||
| Ablative | amphēmerinō | amphēmerinīs | |||
| Vocative | amphēmerine | amphēmerinon | amphēmerinoe | amphēmerina | |
Synonyms
- (daily, recurring or returning every day): cōtīdiānus (pure Latin)
References
- “amphēmĕrĭnŏs”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- amphēmĕrĭnos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 116/3
- “amphēmerinos” on page 121/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)