πανημέριος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • πᾰνᾱμέριος (panāmérios) Doric

Etymology

παν- (pan-, all) + ἡμέρα (hēméra, day) + -ιος (-ios)

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

πᾰνημέρῐος • (panēmérios) m (feminine πᾰνημερίᾱ, neuter πᾰνημέρῐον); first/second declension

  1. doing something all day

Usage notes

Modifies the subject of a sentence to indicate that the action performed by the subject lasts all day long, for example:

  • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.472:
    πανημέριοι θεὸν ἱλάσκοντο
    panēmérioi theòn hiláskonto
    They continued to appease the god all day long.
    (literally, “The all-day-long ones continued to appease the god.”)
  • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 4.356:
    ὅσσον τε πανημερίη … νηῦς ἤνυσεν
    hósson te panēmeríē … nēûs ḗnusen
    as much as a ship sails in a whole day
    (literally, “as much as an all-day-long ship sails”)

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