Ephemerae
[ih-fem-er-uh] /ɪˈfɛm ər ə/
noun, plural ephemeras, ephemerae
[ih-fem-uh-ree] /ɪˈfɛm əˌri/ (Show IPA), for 2.
1.
a plural of .
2.
an ephemerid.
/ɪˈfɛmərə/
noun (pl) -eras, -erae (-əˌriː)
1.
a mayfly, esp one of the genus Ephemera
2.
something transitory or short-lived
3.
(functioning as pl) a class of collectable items not originally intended to last for more than a short time, such as tickets, posters, postcards, or labels
4.
a plural of ephemeron
n.
late 14c., originally a medical term, from Medieval Latin ephemera (febris) “(fever) lasting a day,” from fem. of ephemerus, from Greek ephemeros “lasting only one day, short-lived,” from epi “on” (see epi-) + hemerai, dative of hemera “day,” from PIE *amer- “day.”
Sense extended 17c. to short-lived insects and flowers; general sense of “thing of transitory existence” is first attested 1751. Cf. Greek ephemeroi “men,” literally “creatures of a day.”
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