Emera

Emera vel imera grece aurora dies et cetera.

Apparatus:

imera BC f | ymera ejp | imira A {second "i" printing error}
et cetera om. B efjp

Translation:

Emera or imera is Greek for Latin aurora {"daybreak"}, dies {"day"}, etc.

Commentary:

Classic Greek ἡμέρα /hēméra/ means "day". Simon's pronunciation represents a later Greek, typically with the loss of /h/ and the itacist sound change η {/ē/} > ι {/i/} which results in /iméra/.

The form /eméra/ represents the pronunciation Latin speakers would adhere to in Greek words.

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