half

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. and V. τὸ ἥμισυ.

adjective

P. and V. ἥμισυς.

half the land: P. and V. ἡ ἡμίσεια τῆς γῆς or τὸ ἥμισυ τῆς γῆς.

in half, in two: P. and V. δίχα, V. διχῆ.

saw in half: P. δίχα πρίειν.

you said you would cut yourself in half: Ar. ἔφησθα σαυτῆς κἂν παρατεμεῖν θἤμισυ (Lys. 132).

the height when completed was about half what he intended: P. τὸ ὕψος ἥμισυ μάλιστα ἐτελέσθη οὗ διενοεῖτο (Thuc. 1, 93).

half an estate: P. ἡμικλήριον, τό.

be honest by halves: P. ἐφ' ἡμισείᾳ χρηστὸς εἶναι (Dem. 430).

he bade them raise a shield when half way across: P. εἶπεν ἆραι ασπίδα κατὰ μέσον τον πλοῦν (Xenophon, hell. II. 1, 27).