ἥμισυ
From LSJ
χαῖρ', ὦ μέγ' ἀχρειόγελως ὅμιλε, ταῖς ἐπίβδαις, τῆς ἡμετέρας σοφίας κριτὴς ἄριστε πάντων → all hail, throng that laughs untimely on the day after the festival, best of all judges of our poetic skill
English (Strong)
neuter of a derivative from an inseparable prefix akin to ἅμα (through the idea of partition involved in connection) and meaning semi-; (as noun) half: half.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἥμῐσυ:
I τό (sc. μέρος) половина (τοῦ στρατοῦ Thuc.): ἥ. οὗ δεῖ Plat. половина того, что нужно.
II adv. пополам Hes., Pind.
