ἡμίχιον

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νεκρὸν ἐάν ποτ' ἴδηις καὶ μνήματα κωφὰ παράγηις κοινὸν ἔσοπτρον ὁρᾶις· ὁ θανὼν οὕτως προσεδόκα → whenever you see a body dead, or pass by silent tombs, you look into the mirror of all men's destiny: the dead man expected nothing else | if you ever see a corpse or walk by quiet graves, that's when you look into the mirror we all share: the dead expected this

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Full diacritics: ἡμίχῑον Medium diacritics: ἡμίχιον Low diacritics: ημίχιον Capitals: ΗΜΙΧΙΟΝ
Transliteration A: hēmíchion Transliteration B: hēmichion Transliteration C: imichion Beta Code: h(mi/xion

English (LSJ)

τό, a measure,

   A half a χῖον, PCair.Zen.12.17 (iii B.C.), etc.

Greek Monolingual

ἡμίχιον, τὸ (Α)
πάπ. είδος μέτρου, μισό χίον.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ημι- + χίον «σταμνί κρασιού από τη Χίο»].