ἡμιόλιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, hyperdor. [[ἁμιόλιος]], ον, ([[ὅλος]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[containing one and a half]], [[half as much again]] or [[half as large again]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''154c; περίμετρος Plb.6.32.7; ηὔξησε τὰ δόρατα ἡμιολίῳ μεγέθει D.S.15.44: c. gen., <b class="b3">τὰς περόνας ἡμιολίας.. τοῦ τότε κατεστεῶτος μέτρου</b> [[half as large again as]].., [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.88; [γωνία] ἁμιόλιος τᾶς μέσας Ti.Locr.98a; [ὁ γνήσιος ἀετὸς] ἡ. τῶν ἀετῶν [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]'' 619a13; neut., [[half as much again]], ἡμιόλιον οὗ πρότερον ἔφερον X.''An.''1.3.21; <b class="b3">ἡμιόλιον ὀφλέτω ὅ τι συλάσαι</b> let him be fined [[half as much again]] as the amount he seized, ''IG''9(1).333.5 (Locr., v B.C.); of numbers, [[half as many again]], ποιήσας ἡμιολίους τοὺς ναύτας ἢ πρόσθεν Plb.10.17.12.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[in the ratio of one and a half to one]] (3:2), as in musical sounds, ἡμιολίαι διαστάσεις Pl.''Ti.''36a; <b class="b3">τὸ δι' ὀξειᾶν ἡ.</b> Philol.6; ἡ ἡμιολία = [[ratio of one and a half]], τὴν ἡ. τοῦ τιμήματος [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''956d; <b class="b3">ἀποτίνειν τὴν φέρνην σὺν τῇ ἡ.</b> Mitteis ''Chr.''280.15 (ii B.C.). Adv. [[ἡμιολίως]] = [[in a ratio of 1.5]], [[in a ratio of 3:2]] Nicom.''Ar.''2.20, Procl.''in Ti.''2.223 D.<br><span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">ἡμιολία ναῦς</b> a [[light vessel with one and a half banks of oars]], D.S.19.65; also [[ἡμιολία]] alone, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Characters|Char.]]''25.2, D.S.16.61, ''Mus.Belg.''14.20 (but -ίους Plb.5.101.2, -ιον [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]), etc.; used by [[pirate]]s, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Characters|Char.]]'' [[l.c.]]; ἡ. λῃστρικαί Arr.''An.''3.2.5, etc.; expld. by [[δίκροτος]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]) [[ναῦς]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]<br><span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">τροχαϊκὸς ἡ.</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[στίχος]]) [[trochaic]] [[verse]] [[consisting of a metre and a half]], Heph.15.2.