ἡμιόλιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, hyperdor. [[ἁμιόλιος]], ον, ([[ὅλος]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[containing one and a half]], [[half as much again]] or [[half as large again]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>154c</span>; περίμετρος <span class="bibl">Plb.6.32.7</span>; ηὔξησε τὰ δόρατα ἡμιολίῳ μεγέθει <span class="bibl">D.S.15.44</span>: c. gen., <b class="b3">τὰς περόνας ἡμιολίας . . τοῦ τότε κατεστεῶτος μέτρου</b> <b class="b2">half as large again as . .</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.88</span>; [γωνία] ἁμιόλιος τᾶς μέσας <span class="bibl">Ti.Locr.98a</span>; [ὁ γνήσιος ἀετὸς] ἡ. τῶν ἀετῶν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span> 619a13</span>; neut., [[half as much again]], ἡμιόλιον οὗ πρότερον ἔφερον <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.3.21</span>; <b class="b3">ἡμιόλιον ὀφλέτω ὅ τι συλάσαι</b> let him be fined [[half as much again]] as the amount he seized, <span class="title">IG</span>9(1).333.5 (Locr., v B.C.); of numbers, [[half as many again]], ποιήσας ἡμιολίους τοὺς ναύτας ἢ πρόσθεν <span class="bibl">Plb.10.17.12</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[in the ratio of one and a half to one]] (<span class="bibl">3</span>:<span class="bibl">2</span>), as in musical sounds, ἡμιολίαι διαστάσεις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>36a</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ δι' ὀξειᾶν ἡ</b>. <span class="bibl">Philol.6</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ ἡμιολία</b> [[this ratio]], τὴν ἡ. τοῦ τιμήματος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>956d</span>; <b class="b3">ἀποτίνειν τὴν φέρνην σὺν τῇ ἡ</b>. Mitteis <span class="title">Chr.</span>280.15 (ii B.C.). Adv. -ίως <span class="bibl">Nicom.<span class="title">Ar.</span>2.20</span>, <span class="bibl">Procl.<span class="title">in Ti.</span>2.223</span> D. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">ἡμιολία ναῦς</b> a [[light vessel with one and a half banks of oars]], <span class="bibl">D.S.19.65</span>; also [[ἡμιολία]] alone, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>25.2</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.16.61</span>, <span class="title">Mus.Belg.</span>14.20 (but -ίους <span class="bibl">Plb.5.101.2</span>, -ιον Hsch.), etc.; used by [[pirate]]s, Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span> l.c.; ἡ. λῃστρικαί <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">An.</span>3.2.5</span>, etc.; expld. by [[δίκροτος]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]) [[ναῦς]], Hsch. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">τροχαϊκὸς ἡ</b>. (sc. [[στίχος]]) trochaic verse [[consisting of a metre and a half]], <span class="bibl">Heph.15.2</span>.</span>