ἡμίτομος
ἔνδον σκάπτε, ἔνδον ἡ πηγὴ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ καὶ ἀεὶ ἀναβλύειν δυναμένη, ἐὰν ἀεὶ σκάπτῃς → Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig | Look within. Within is the fountain of the good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
English (LSJ)
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A cut in two, ξύλα IG12.313.98; ἄντυξ Mosch.2.88. 2 of the moon, half-full, Theol. Ar.12. II as Subst., ἡμί-τομος, ὁ, a kind of cup, Pamphil. ap. Ath.11.470d. 2 ἡμί-τομον, τό, half, Hdt.7.39, 9.37, Inscr.Délos 298A182 (iii B.C.), AP9.137; κύκλου Ael.NA15.4; ἡμίτομα ᾠῶν Alex.261.10: —also ἡμι-τόμιον, τό, flat side of a half-bean, Dsc.2.105, v.l. in Luc. VH2.38. b lozenge-shaped bandage,= ἡμιρρόμβιον, Hp.Off.7, Gal. 18(2).732.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1170] halb durchgeschnitten, Mosch. 2, 88; – τὸ ἡμίτομον, die Hälfte, τοῦ π οδός Her. 9, 37; plur., 7, 39 u. Sp., wie Luc. Navig. 44. – Bei Medic. eine Art Verband, der auch ἡμιρόμβιον heißt. – Bei Ath. XI, 470 ist ὁ ἡμίτ. eine Art Becher.
