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, JHS12.234 (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.OC688); 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.OT199; 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” AP9.499; κατ᾽ ἦ. day by day, S.Ph.798, E.Hec.628; “κατ᾽ ἦ. αἰεί” S.OC682 (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.OC1079,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.OC1455(lyr.); παρ᾽ ἦ. ἡμέρα day after day, Id.Aj.475; “ἰν ἄματα πάντα” in perpetuity, IG5(2).5 (Tegea); without ἰν, ib.262.22 (Mantinea).
