ἡμιθανής
From LSJ
ἀπορράπτειν τὸ Φιλίππου στόμα ὁλοσχοίνῳ ἀβρόχῳ → sew up Philip's mouth with an unsoaked rush, stop Philip's mouth with an unsoaked rush, shut one's mouth without any trouble
English (LSJ)
ές,
A half-dead, Str.2.3.4, LXX 4 Ma.4.11, Ev.Luc.10.30, AP11.392 (Lucill.), PAmh.2.141.13 (iv A.D.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1168] ές, halb todt; Strab. II, 98; Lucill. 66 (XI, 392) u. a. Sp.