ἡμίνα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ,([[ἥμισυς]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[half]], Leg.Gort.2.49, <span class="title">SIG</span>525.13 (Gortyn, iii B.C.), prob. in Hsch. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[ἰνιμίνα]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> a Sicil. measure = [[cotyle]], [[cotyla]] ([[κοτύλη]]), <span class="bibl">Epich. [290]</span>, <span class="bibl">Sophr.105</span>; [[ἡμίνα βασιλική]] = [[ἡμικοτύλιον]] ([[half-cotyla]], [[half-cotyle]], [[half-cotula]], [[one fourth of a pint]]), <span class="bibl">Aristid.<span class="title">Or.</span>49(25).32</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>7.2712.66 (Acraeph.). (Hence Lat. [[hemina|hemīna]]; Italic and properisp. acc. to Theognost.<span class="title">Can.</span>101, but prob. orig. Greek.)</span>