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, JHS 12.234 (Cilicia)); μέσον ἦ. midday, Il. 21.111, cf. Pi. P. 9.113, etc.; δείελον ἦ. evening, Od. 17.606; ἤματι χειμερίῳ on a winterʼs 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., ἐπʼ ἤματι day by day, daily, Od. 12.105, 14.105 (αἰὲν ἐπʼ ἤματι S. OC 688); in a day, within a dayʼs space, Il. 10.48, 19.229, Od. 2.284; ἐπʼ ἄματι at the close of day Theoc. 24.139; ἐπʼ ἆ. by day, S. OT 199; ἐπʼ ἦ. for a day, Id. Fr. 255.3, E. Ph. 401; ἐπʼ ἆμαρ ἕκαστον, ἆμαρ ἐπʼ ἆμαρ, Theoc. 17.96, 11.69; ἦ. ἐπʼ ἦ. ἀεί AP 9.499; κατʼ ἦ. day by day, S. Ph. 798, E. Hec. 628; κατʼ ἦ. αἰεί S. OC 682 (lyr.); ἀεὶ κατʼ ἦ. E. Tr. 392; ἀεὶ τὸ κατʼ ἦ. Id. El. 145 (lyr.); τὸ κατʼ ἆμαρ the needs of the day, oneʼs daily bread, S. Ph. 1089,Fr. 593(lyr.); but κατʼ ἆ. also, this day, to-day, Id. OC 1079,cf.Aj. 753; τὸ μὲν παρʼ ἆ., τὸ δέ on one day, and on the next . . , Pi. P. 11.63; παρʼ ἦ. on the morrow, S. OC 1455(lyr.); παρʼ ἦ. ἡμέρα day after day, Id. Aj. 475; ἰν ἄματα πάντα in perpetuity, IG 5(2).5 (Tegea); without ἰν, ib.262.22 (Mantinea).