ἥμισυς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εια<b class="b3">, υ</b>, gen.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἡμίσεος Hdt.2.126, Th.2.78,4.83, X.''Oec.''18.8, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 205e, ''IG''22.1612.267, D.23.213, 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., Th.4.104; later contr. ἡμίσους D.H.4.17, Plu.''Mar.''34, etc. (as fem., [[LXX]] ''3 Ki.''16.9): nom. and acc. pl. masc., Ion. <b class="b3">ἡμίσεες, -εας</b>, Il. 21.7, Hdt.9.51, Att. [[ἡμίσεις]] Th.3.20, Pl.''Tht.''154c ([[ἡμίσεας]] is preferred by Phryn.''PS''p.73B.): neut. pl. ἡμίσεα Th.4.16, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 438c, later ἡμίση D.36.36 (cod. S), al., ''IG''22.1678.23, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Characters|Char.]]''30.16, ''IG''12 (5).872.107 (Tenos), ''SIG''2588.4(Delos, ii B.C.), etc.: Ion. fem. ἡμίσεᾰ Hdt.5.111 (hyperion. -σέη Luc.''Syr.D.''14), acc. pl. -έας Hdt.8.27, also acc. sg. ἡμίσεαν ''IG''2.1055.16, 1059.14, gen. ἡμισέας Pl.''Men.''83c: ἥμυσυς (assim.), ''Rev.Phil.''54.192 (Erythrae, v B.C.), ''IG''22.43A45 (iv B.C.), ''PEleph.''20.40(iv B.C.), ''IG''11(2).161''A''23(Delos, iii B.C.), ''UPZ'' 54.6(ii B.C.), etc.: neut. ἥμισον, τό, ''Berl.Sitzb.''1927.8 (Locr., v B.C.), ''SIG''1011.7 (Chalcedon, iii/ii B.C.), ib.671 ''A''13 (Delph., ii B.C.), ''BGU'' 183.41 (i A.D.): pl. ἥμισα ''SIG''56.7 (Argos, v B.C.); also [[ἥμισσον]], τό, ib.306.14 (Arc., iv B.C.), 1009.20 (Ephesus, iii/ii B.C.): pl. [[ἥμισσα]] ib. 240''P'' (Delph., iv B.C.): acc. pl. τοὺς ἡμίσους ''Not.Arch.''4.20 (Cyrene, Aug.):—[[half]],<br><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 Od.3.155 sq., cf. Il.21.7 (elsewhere Hom. uses only neut. [[ἥμισυ]] as [[substantive]] (v. infr. ''ΙΙ'')); τοὺς ἡμίσεας ἀποστέλλειν Hdt.9.51, cf. Th.3.20, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''2.16, etc.; <b class="b3">ἥμισυς λόγος</b> [[half]] the tale, A.''Eu.''428 ([[λόγου]] cod. Med.); τὸ ἥμισυ τεῖχος Th.2.78; ὁ ἥ. ἀριθμός Pl.''Lg.''946a: c. gen., like a Comp., <b class="b3">τὸ ὕψος ἥμισυ ἐτελέσθη οὗ διενοεῖτο</b> [[half of]] what he intended, Th.1.93: metaph., οὐδ' ἂν ἥμισυς ἑαυτοῦ γένοιτο πρὸς ἀρετήν Pl.''Lg.''647d (<b class="b3">οὐ δι' ἥμισυν</b> stands for <b class="b3">οὐ διήμ</b>. '[[half-and-half]]', ib.806c).<br><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 Hdt.2.10; τῶν ἀνδραπόδων τὰ ἡμίσεα Id.6.23; <b class="b3">αἱ ἡμίσειαι τῶν νεῶν</b> [[half of]] the ships, Th.8.8; οἱ ἡμίσεις τῶν ἄρτων [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''4.5.4; ὁ ἥμισυς τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 104a; τοῦ χρόνου D.20.8: abs., <b class="b3">οἱ ἡ.</b> [[half]] of them, Th.3.20.<br><span class="bld">II</span> as [[substantive]] in neut., <b class="b3">ἥ. τιμῆς, ἐνάρων, ἀρετῆς</b>, Il.9.616, 17.231, Od.17.322; <b class="b3">τὸ μὲν... τὸ δ' ἥ.</b> Il.13.565; πλέον ἥ. παντός Hes.''Op.''40, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 466c; ὑπὲρ ἥ. πάντων [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''3.3.47; ἥ. οὗ δεῖ [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 77c, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐν ἡμίσει τῆς νυκτός</b> at [[mid]]night, [[LXX]] ''Jd.''16.3: usually c. Art., τὸ ἥ. τοῦ στρατοῦ Th.4.83, etc.; also [[τὤμισυ]] Hes.''Op.''559, ''Schwyzer''701 (Erythrae, v B.C.); θἤμισυ Ar.''Lys.''116: indecl., <b class="b3">ἀπὸ τοῦ ἥ.</b> [[LXX]] ''Ex.''30.15; <b class="b3">τῷ ἥ. φυλῆς</b> ib.''Nu.''32.33: pl., τῆς χορείας τὰ ἡμίσεα Pl.''Lg.''672e; ἄρτων ἡμίσεα X.''An.''1.9.26; <b class="b3">ῥαφανίδων τὰ ἡ.</b> [[Theophrastus]] l.c.: after Numerals, ἐν δυοῖν καὶ ἡμίσει ἡμέρας ''IG''22.1673.73; δεκατεττάρων καὶ ἡμίσους Str.2.5.39; μνῶν.. δώδεκα καὶ ἡμίσους D.H.4.17; τετραποδίαν μίαν καὶ ἥμισυ ''IG'' 12.373.28; without καί, μυριάδων ἑπτὰ ἡμίσους Plu.''Mar.''34: indecl., τριῶν ἥμισυ σταδίων Str.8.6.21, cf. ''PTeb.''110.5 (i B.C.), Plu.''Cat.Mi.'' 44, etc.: as adverb, ἥ. μὲν νύμφην... ἥ. δ' αὖτε ὄφιν Hes.''Th.''298, cf. Pi.''N.''10.87: so in plural, τὰ μὲν ἡμίσεα φιλόπονος, τὰ δὲ ἡ. ἄπονος [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 535d: with Preps., <b class="b3">οὐδ' εἰς ἥ.</b> not [[half]], Ar.''Th.''452: regul. Adv. [[ἡμισέως]] [[half-done]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 601c.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[ἥμισυ]], τό, = [[ἡμίεκτον]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]<br><span class="bld">2</span> fem., <b class="b3">ἡ ἡμίσεια</b> (''[[sc.]] '' [[μοῖρα]]), τῇ ἡμισείᾳ τῆς γῆς Th.5.31; ἡ ἡ. τοῦ τιμήματος Pl.''Lg.''956d; <b class="b3">οὐ γὰρ ἐφ' ἡμισείᾳ χρηστὸν εἶναι δεῖ</b> [[by halves]], D. 19.277; ἐξ ἡμισείας Luc.''Cat.''1, Artem.1.26, S.E.''M.''10.145. (<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>.)