ἐπ᾽ ἤματι, a very rare use in Attic, meaning here that on (or for) each day the river gives what that day requires. Cp. Il. 10.48 “῾νεϝερ διδ ι ηεαῤ ἄνδρ᾽ ἕνα τοσσάδε μέρμερ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἤματι μητίσασθαι ῾ας ονε δαψ᾽ς ωορκ̓”: more oft. “ἐπ᾽ ἤματι τῷδε”, "on this day," Il. 13.234, 19. 110. Herodotus has the gen. “ἐπ᾽ ἡμέρης ἑκάστης” in a similar sense (5. 117); this phrase, too, is un-Attic.
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