TIME AND DISTANCE TERMS

TIME AND DISTANCE TERMS

Virgil Warren, PhD

                  The terms in this list are capable of functioning in terms of genitive of time within which, dative of time when, and/or accusative of extent of time.

ἀιών                         eternity

ἀλεκτροφωνία          cockcrowing time, before dawn

ἅλφα                         first, beginning

ἀνατολή                   day, dawn

ἀρχή                         beginning, first

αὐγή                         daybreak, dawn

αὔριον                      tomorrow

γενεά                        generation

δευτερπαῖος             on the second day, in two days

δευύτερος                 a second (time)

διετία                        two-year period

ejnautivo"                five year

ἐνιαυτός                   year

ἐπαύριον                  the next day (adv. often accompanied by an article)

ἐπιοῦσα                    next day

ἡ  ἐρχομένη              the following (day)

ἑσπέρα                     evening

ἔσχατος                    end

ἔτος                          year

ἡλικία                               age, span of life, years

ἡμέρα                               day

ἡμίωρον                   half an hour

θέρος                        summer                                                       

καίρος                      time, appointed time, appropriate time, season

καταβολή                 foundation, (the) founding

τὸ λοιπόν                  a little (while)

μεσημβρία                noon, midday

μεσονύκτιον             midnight

μήν                           month

νεότης                      youth

νῦν                          now (adv. often put into adj. and noun slots)

νύξ                           night

νυχθήμερον              day and night

ὀκταήμερος              on the eight day

ὀλίγον                      a little (while)

ὄρθρος                     early morning

ὀψία                         evening

παρασκευή               preparation day

πέρας                        boundary

προθεσμία                a set time

προσάββατον           day before the sabbath

πρωΐα                       morning

πρῶτον                     the first (time)

σάββατον                 sabbath

τὰ σάββατα                      week

σήμερον                   today (adv. use often in adj. and noun slots)

στιγμή                      moment, instant

συντέλεια                 end, completion

τέλος                        end

τεσσερακονταετής   forty-year (adj.)

τετράμηνος              period of four months

τριετία                      period of three years

τρίμηνον                  period of three months

ὑπέρακμος               past the best age for marriage

φυλαχή                     a guard, a watch

χειμών                      winter

χρόνος                      time

ὥρα                          hour, time

additional time words not likely to be potential for the genitive, dative, accusative-case usage:

αἰώνιος                     eternal

ἀκαίρως                   when the time is not right

ἀκατάπαυστος          unceasing

ἅμα                           at the same time, together

ἀπ έραντος                endless [1 Timothy 1:4]

ἐκτενής                     constant [1 Peter 4:8]

ἐπιούσιος                 for today, today's

ἐφήμερος                 daily

νεότης                      youth

πρόσκαιρος              temporary

                        Terms of distance that accusative of extent can apply to.

μίλιον                       mile

πῆχυς                        cubit

στάδιον                    stade

σαββάτου ὁδόν        Sabbath day’s journey

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