ephemeris
English
Etymology
From New Latin ephēmeris, from Ancient Greek ἐφημερίς (ephēmerís, “diary, calendar”), from ἐφήμερος (ephḗmeros, “daily”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪˈfɛməɹɪs/
Noun
ephemeris (plural ephemerides or ephemerises)
- (obsolete, singular or plural) A journal or diary.
- 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, I:
- Wee heard the King was solacing at the Caspian Sea, whither now wee are travelling. Till then let us keepe an Ephemerides or day-journey.
- 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, I:
- (astronomy) A table giving the apparent position of celestial bodies throughout the year; normally given as right ascension and declination
- Software that calculates the apparent position of celestial bodies.
Related terms
Translations
table giving the apparent position of celestial bodies throughout the year
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Latin
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek ἐφημερῐ́ς (ephēmerís, “diary”, “journal”, especially “a military record”; “day-book”, “account-book”), from ἐφήμερος (ephḗmeros, “living but a day”, hence “short-lived”; “for the day”, “daily”), from ἐπ(ί) (ep(í), “[motive] for”) + ἡμέρα (hēméra, “day”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eˈpʰeː.me.ris/, [ɛˈpʰeː.mɛ.rɪs]
Noun
ephēmeris f (genitive ephēmeridis); third declension
- a day-book, diary, ephemeris
- a journal, periodical
- 1866 February 12th, Pope Pius IX, “Papal Brief in favour of ‘La Civiltà Cattolica’” in The Dublin Review, New Series, volume VII (July–October, 1866), № xiii, page 230:
- Qui Religiosi Viri, Nostris desideriis omni observantia et studio quam libentissime obsecudantes, iam inde ab anno 1850 Ephemeridem, cui titulus La Civiltà Cattolica, conscribendam, typisque vulgandam susceperunt.
- Which aforesaid religious, most willingly seconding our wishes with all observance and zeal, undertook from that very time (the year 1850) the writing and publishing a journal called “La Civiltà Cattolica.” ― translation from the same source
- Qui Religiosi Viri, Nostris desideriis omni observantia et studio quam libentissime obsecudantes, iam inde ab anno 1850 Ephemeridem, cui titulus La Civiltà Cattolica, conscribendam, typisque vulgandam susceperunt.
- 1866 February 12th, Pope Pius IX, “Papal Brief in favour of ‘La Civiltà Cattolica’” in The Dublin Review, New Series, volume VII (July–October, 1866), № xiii, page 230:
Declension
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ephēmeris | ephēmeridēs |
Genitive | ephēmeridis | ephēmeridum |
Dative | ephēmeridī | ephēmeridibus |
Accusative | ephēmeridem | ephēmeridēs |
Ablative | ephēmeride | ephēmeridibus |
Vocative | ephēmeris | ephēmeridēs |
Synonyms
- (journal): ācta
Related terms
- ephēmericus
- ephēmerida
- ephēmeron
Descendants
- Catalan: efemèride
- English: ephemeris
- French: éphéméride
- Galician: efeméride
- Italian: effemeride
- Portuguese: efeméride
- Spanish: efeméride
References
- ĕphēmĕris in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ephemeris in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ĕphēmĕris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 593/1
- ephemeris in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ephemeris in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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