amphemerinos
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμφημερῐνός (amphēmerinós).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /am.pʰeːˈme.ri.nos/, [am.pʰeːˈmɛ.rɪ.nɔs]
Adjective
amphēmerinos (feminine amphēmerina, neuter amphēmerinon); first/second declension
- 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
First/second declension, Greek type.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | amphēmerinos | amphēmerina | amphēmerinon | amphēmerinī | amphēmerinae | amphēmerina | |
| Genitive | amphēmerinī | amphēmerinae | amphēmerinī | amphēmerinōrum | amphēmerinārum | amphēmerinōrum | |
| Dative | amphēmerinō | amphēmerinae | amphēmerinō | amphēmerinīs | amphēmerinīs | amphēmerinīs | |
| Accusative | amphēmerinon | amphēmerinān | amphēmerinon | amphēmerinōs | amphēmerinās | amphēmerina | |
| Ablative | amphēmerinō | amphēmerinā | amphēmerinō | amphēmerinīs | amphēmerinīs | amphēmerinīs | |
| Vocative | amphēmerine | amphēmerina | amphēmerinon | amphēmerinī | amphēmerinae | 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)
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