ἡμίνεκρος

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Ἐρωτώμενος διὰ τί ὀλίγους ἔχει μαθητάς, ἔφη ὅτι ἀργυρέᾳ αὐτοὺς ἐκβάλλω ῥάβδῳ → When asked why he had so few pupils, he replied ‘I chase them away with a silver stick (Diogenes Laertius 6.4.5, on the philosopher Antisthenes)

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Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἡμίνεκρος: -ον, κατὰ τὸ ἥμισυ νεκρός, «μισαποθαμμένος», Μ. Φιλῆς τ. Β΄, σ. 124, Μ. Ἀκομ. τ. Β΄, σ. 76, 13, 350, 7 (Λεξ. Κουμ.).