ephemeris

== English == === Etymology === From New Latin ephēmeris, from Ancient Greek ἐφημερίς (ephēmerís, “diary, calendar”), from ἐφήμερος (ephḗmeros, “daily”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɪˈfɛməɹɪs/ (US) IPA(key): /ɪˈfɛməɹəs/ === Noun === ephemeris (plural ephemerides or ephemerises) (obsolete) A journal or diary. (astronomy, nautical) A table giving the apparent position of celestial bodies throughout the year; normally given as right ascension and declination. Synonym: almanac Computer software that calculates the apparent position of celestial bodies. ==== Derived terms ==== ephemeris time ==== Related terms ==== ephemerid ephemeride ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === ephemeris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Latin == === Etymology === From the Ancient Greek ἐφημερῐ́ς (ephēmerĭ́s, “diary”, “journal”, especially “a military record”; “day-book”, “account-book”), from ἐφήμερος (ephḗmeros, “living but a day”, hence “short-lived”; “for the day”, “daily”), from ἐπ(ί) (ep(í), “[motive] for”) +‎ ἡμέρα (hēméra, “day”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛˈpʰeː.mɛ.rɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈfɛː.me.ris] === Noun === ephēmeris f (genitive ephēmeridis or ephēmeridos); third declension a day-book, diary, ephemeris a journal, periodical 1866 February 12th, Pope Pius IX, “Papal Brief in favour of ‘La Civiltà Cattolica’” in The Dublin Review, New Series, volume VII (July–October, 1866), № xiii, page 230: ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (journal): ācta ==== Related terms ==== ephēmericus ephēmerida ephēmeron ==== Descendants ==== === References === “ĕphēmĕris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ephemeris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “ĕphēmĕris”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 593/1. “ephemeris”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “ephemeris”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin