ἥμισυς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εια<b class="b3">, υ</b>, gen. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ἡμίσεος <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.126</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.78</span>,<span class="bibl">4.83</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>18.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>205e</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>22.1612.267, <span class="bibl">D.23.213</span>, etc. ([[ἡμίσεως]] is sometimes a v.l., as in Th. ll. cc., and is found in later writers, as Dsc.2.70); also as fem., <span class="bibl">Th.4.104</span>; later contr. ἡμίσους <span class="bibl">D.H.4.17</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Mar.</span>34</span>, etc. (as fem., <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">3 Ki.</span>16.9</span>): nom. and acc. pl. masc., Ion. <b class="b3">ἡμίσεες, -εας</b>, <span class="bibl">Il. 21.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.51</span>, Att. ἡμίσεις <span class="bibl">Th.3.20</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>154c</span> ([[ἡμίσεας]] is preferred by <span class="bibl">Phryn.<span class="title">PS</span>p.73B.</span>): neut. pl. ἡμίσεα <span class="bibl">Th.4.16</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>438c</span>, later ἡμίση <span class="bibl">D.36.36</span> (cod. S), al., <span class="title">IG</span>22.1678.23, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>30.16</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>12 (5).872.107 (Tenos), <span class="title">SIG</span>2588.4(Delos, ii B.C.), etc.: Ion. fem. ἡμίσεᾰ <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.111</span> (hyperion. -σέη <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Syr.D.</span>14</span>), acc. pl. -έας <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.27</span>, also acc. sg. ἡμίσεαν <span class="title">IG</span>2.1055.16, 1059.14, gen. ἡμισέας <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Men.</span>83c</span>: ἥμυσυς (assim.), <span class="title">Rev.Phil.</span>54.192 (Erythrae, v B.C.), <span class="title">IG</span>22.43<span class="hiitalic">A</span>45 (iv B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PEleph.</span>20.40</span>(iv B.C.), <span class="title">IG</span>11(2).161<span class="title">A</span>23(Delos, iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">UPZ</span> 54.6</span>(ii B.C.), etc.: neut. ἥμισον, τό, <span class="title">Berl.Sitzb.</span>1927.8 (Locr., v B.C.), <span class="title">SIG</span>1011.7 (Chalcedon, iii/ii B.C.), ib.671 <span class="title">A</span>13 (Delph., ii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span> 183.41</span> (i A.D.): pl. ἥμισα <span class="title">SIG</span>56.7 (Argos, v B.C.); also ἥμισσον, τό, ib.306.14 (Arc., iv B.C.), <span class="bibl">1009.20</span> (Ephesus, iii/ii B.C.): pl. [[ἥμισσα]] ib. <span class="bibl">240</span><span class="title">P</span> (Delph., iv B.C.): acc. pl. τοὺς ἡμίσους <span class="title">Not.Arch.</span>4.20 (Cyrene, Aug.):—[[half]], </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> as adjective, <b class="b3">ἡμίσεες λαοί</b> [[half]] the people, ἡ. δ' ἄρα λαοὶ ἐρητύοντο . . ἡ. δ' ἀναβάντες ἐλαύνομεν <span class="bibl">Od.3.155</span> sq., cf. <span class="bibl">Il.21.7</span> (elsewh. Hom. uses only neut. [[ἥμισυ]] as [[substantive]] (v. infr. ''ΙΙ'')); τοὺς ἡμίσεας ἀποστέλλειν <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.51</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.3.20</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.16</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἥμισυς λόγος</b> [[half]] the tale, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>428</span> ([[λόγου]] cod. Med.); τὸ ἥμισυ τεῖχος <span class="bibl">Th.2.78</span>; ὁ ἥ. ἀριθμός <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>946a</span>: c. gen., like a Comp., <b class="b3">τὸ ὕψος ἥμισυ ἐτελέσθη οὗ διενοεῖτο</b> [[half of]] what he intended, <span class="bibl">Th.1.93</span>: metaph., οὐδ' ἂν ἥμισυς ἑαυτοῦ γένοιτο πρὸς ἀρετήν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>647d</span> (<b class="b3">οὐ δι' ἥμισυν</b> stands for <b class="b3">οὐ διήμ</b>. '<b class="b2">half-and-half</b>', ib.<span class="bibl">806c</span>). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in Prose also with the Subst. in gen. and giving its gender and number to ἥμισυς, τῶν νήσων τὰς ἡμισέας <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.10</span>; τῶν ἀνδραπόδων τὰ ἡμίσεα <span class="bibl">Id.6.23</span>; <b class="b3">αἱ ἡμίσειαι τῶν νεῶν</b> [[half of]] the ships, <span class="bibl">Th.8.8</span>; οἱ ἡμίσεις τῶν ἄρτων <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.5.4</span>; ὁ ἥμισυς τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>104a</span>; τοῦ χρόνου <span class="bibl">D.20.8</span>: abs., <b class="b3">οἱ ἡ</b>. [[half]] of them, <span class="bibl">Th.3.20</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> as [[substantive]] in neut., <b class="b3">ἥ. τιμῆς, ἐνάρων, ἀρετῆς</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.9.616</span>, <span class="bibl">17.231</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.17.322</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ μὲν... τὸ δ' ἥ</b>. <span class="bibl">Il.13.565</span>; πλέον ἥ. παντός <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>40</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>466c</span>; ὑπὲρ ἥ. πάντων <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.3.47</span>; ἥ. οὗ δεῖ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>77c</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐν ἡμίσει τῆς νυκτός</b> at [[mid]]night, <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Jd.</span>16.3</span>: usu. c. Art., τὸ ἥ. τοῦ στρατοῦ <span class="bibl">Th.4.83</span>, etc.; also τὤμισυ <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>559</span>, <span class="title">Schwyzer</span>701 (Erythrae, v B.C.); θἤμισυ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>116</span>: indecl., <b class="b3">ἀπὸ τοῦ ἥ</b>. <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Ex.</span>30.15</span>; <b class="b3">τῷ ἥ. φυλῆς</b> ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Nu.</span>32.33</span>: pl., τῆς χορείας τὰ ἡμίσεα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>672e</span>; ἄρτων ἡμίσεα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.9.26</span>; <b class="b3">ῥαφανίδων τὰ ἡ</b>. Thphr.l.c.: after Numerals, ἐν δυοῖν καὶ ἡμίσει ἡμέρας <span class="title">IG</span>22.1673.73; δεκατεττάρων καὶ ἡμίσους <span class="bibl">Str.2.5.39</span>; μνῶν . . δώδεκα καὶ ἡμίσους <span class="bibl">D.H.4.17</span>; τετραποδίαν μίαν καὶ ἥμισυ <span class="title">IG</span> 12.373.28; without καί, μυριάδων ἑπτὰ ἡμίσους <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Mar.</span>34</span>: indecl., τριῶν ἥμισυ σταδίων <span class="bibl">Str.8.6.21</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>110.5</span> (i B.C.), <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cat.Mi.</span> 44</span>, etc.: as Adv., ἥ. μὲν νύμφην... ἥ. δ' αὖτε ὄφιν <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>298</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>10.87</span>: so in plural, τὰ μὲν ἡμίσεα φιλόπονος, τὰ δὲ ἡ. ἄπονος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 535d</span>: with Preps., <b class="b3">οὐδ' εἰς ἥ</b>. not [[half]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>452</span>: regul. Adv. [[ἡμισέως]] [[half-done]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>601c</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[ἥμισυ]], [[τό]],= [[ἡμίεκτον]], Hsch. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> fem., <b class="b3">ἡ ἡμίσεια</b> (sc. [[μοῖρα]]), τῇ ἡμισείᾳ τῆς γῆς <span class="bibl">Th.5.31</span>; ἡ ἡ. τοῦ τιμήματος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>956d</span>; <b class="b3">οὐ γὰρ ἐφ' ἡμισείᾳ χρηστὸν εἶναι δεῖ</b> [[by halves]], <span class="bibl">D. 19.277</span>; ἐξ ἡμισείας <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Cat.</span>1</span>, <span class="bibl">Artem.1.26</span>, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>10.145</span>. (<b class="b3">ἡμισυ-</b> fr. <b class="b3">ἡμιτυ-, ἡμισσο-</b> fr. <b class="b3">ἡμιτϝο-</b>, cf. [[ἡμίτεια]], [[ἡμιτύεκτον]]; enlarged fr. <b class="b3">ἡμι-</b>.)</span>