ἡμίσεις

ἥμισυς

half: masc nom pl (attic epic ionic)

ἥμισυς

half: masc nom pl (attic epic ionic)

ἥμισυς, εια, υ gen. ἡμίσους (Dssm., NB 14 [BS 186]) Mk 6:23; neut. pl. ἡμίση (Theophr., Char. 11, 5; Polyaenus 6, 15); the spelling ἡμίσια is also used Lk 19:8 (Rdm.² 63) (‘half’ as adj. and subst. Hom. et al.; ins, pap, LXX, pseudepigr., Philo, Joseph.)

① half adj. (ῥάβδους) ἡμίσους ξηρούς (ἡμιξήρους v.l.) Hs 8, 4, 6; (λίθους) τοὺς ἡμίσεις λευκούς, ἡμίσεις δὲ μέλανας 9, 8, 5.

② the half subst. (Thu. 5, 31, 2 ἡ ἡμίσεια τῆς γῆς; X., Cyr. 4, 5, 1 τοῦ σίτου ὁ ἥμισυς; 2, 3, 17 οἱ ἡμίσεις τῶν ἀνδρῶν; 4, 5, 4 τῶν ἄρτων οἱ ἡμίσεις; Demosth. 4, 16 οἱ ἡμίσεις τῶν ἱππέων; 1 Macc 3:34, 37; Jos., Bell. 6, 290) (τὸ) ἥμ. one half (Hom. et al.; TestJob 31:2; Jos., Ant. 7, 275) Rv 12:14 (Da 12:7); Hs 8, 1, 11; 8, 5, 2; 8, 8, 1; ApcPt 12:27. τὰ ἡμίσια τῶν ὑπαρχόντων (Tob 10:10 BA v.l.) Lk 19:8. ἕως ἡμίσους τῆς βασιλείας μου up to one half of my kingdom (Esth 5:3; 7:2) Mk 6:23. ἡμέρας τρεῖς καὶ ἥμισυ three and one-half days Rv 11:9, 11 (transition to numeral [indecl., s. Mussies 220] cp. ἥμισυ Lk 19:8 v.l.; τὰς ἐννέα ἥμισυ φυλάς AscIs 3:2; Athen. 6, 274c τῶν δυοῖν δραχμῶν καὶ ἡμίσους; Ex 25:17; 26:16. Without καί Plut., Mar. 34, 4).—GKittel, Rabbinica 1920, 39ff.—B. 935. DELG s.v. ἡμι-. M-M.

⁺ A 32-61-14-21-14=142 Ex 24,6(bis); 25,10(ter)

half, the half of Jos 13,31; τὸ ἥμισυ the half Lv 6,13(20); the half of [τινος] Ex 24,6

τὰς ἡμίσεις τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν half of the sins (followed by a subst. in gen., which determines the number and gender of ἥμισυς) Ez 16,51, see also 1 Mc 3,34; οἱ ἡμίσεις φυλῆς the half tribe Jos 4,12; δύο πήχεων καὶ ἡμίσους two cubits and a half Ex 25,10(9); ἐν ἡμίσει τῆς νυκτός at midnight Jgs^B 16,3; ἥμισυ τῆς ἡμέρας middle of the day Neh 8,3; ἥμισυ ἡμερῶν μου in the midst of my days Ps 101(102),25; ἥμισυ [+comp.] half Jos 9,2d; [+verb] Neh 13,24 *1 Chr 4,31 ἥμισυ Σωσιμ half of Sosim-סוסים חצי for MT סוסים חצר Hazar Susim (horse-farm)

Cf. ALLEN, L. 1974^B, 82(1 Chr 4,37)

ἥμῐσυς, εια, υ, gen.

A

ἡμίσεος Hdt.2.126

, Th.2.78,4.83, X.Oec.18.8, Pl.Smp. 205e, IG22.1612.267, D.23.213, etc. ( ἡμίσεως is sts. 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 [var] contr.

ἡμίσους D.H.4.17

, Plu.Mar.34, etc. (as fem., LXX 3 Ki.16.9): nom. and acc. pl. masc., [dialect] Ion. ἡμίσεες, -εας, Il. 21.7, Hdt.9.51, [dialect] Att.

ἡμίσεις Th.3.20

, Pl.Tht. 154c ( ἡμίσεας is preferred by Phryn.PSp.73B.): neut. pl.

ἡμίσεα Th.4.16

, Pl.R. 438c, later

ἡμίση D.36.36

(cod. S), al., IG22.1678.23, Thphr.Char.30.16, IG12 (5).872.107 ([place name] Tenos), SIG2588.4(Delos, ii B.C.), etc.: [dialect] Ion. fem.

ἡμίσεᾰ Hdt.5.111

(hyperion.

- σέη Luc.Syr.D.14

), acc. pl.

- έας Hdt.8.27

, also acc. sg.

ἡμίσεαν IG2.1055.16

, 1059.14, gen.

ἡμισέας Pl.Men. 83c

: [full] ἥμυσυς (assim.), Rev.Phil.54.192 (Erythrae, v B.C.), IG22.43A45 (iv B.C.), PEleph.20.40(iv B.C.), IG11(2).161A23(Delos, iii B.C.), UPZ 54.6(ii B.C.), etc.: neut. [full] ἥμισον, τό, Berl.Sitzb.1927.8 ([dialect] Locr., v B.C.), SIG1011.7 (Chalcedon, iii/ii B.C.), ib.671 A13 (Delph., ii B.C.), BGU 183.41 (i A.D.): pl.

ἥμισα SIG56.7

(Argos, v B.C.); also [full] ἥμισσον, τό, ib.306.14 (Arc., iv B.C.), 1009.20 (Ephesus, iii/ii B.C.): pl. ἥμισσα ib. 240P (Delph., iv B.C.): acc. pl.

τοὺς ἡμίσους Not.Arch.4.20

(Cyrene, Aug.):— half,

I as Adj., ἡμίσεες λαοί half the people,

ἡ. δ' ἄρα λαοὶ ἐρητύοντο.. ἡ. δ' ἀναβάντες ἐλαύνομεν Od.3.155

sq., cf. Il.21.7 (elsewh. Hom. uses only neut. ἥμισυ as Subst. (v. infr. 11));

τοὺς ἡμίσεας ἀποστέλλειν Hdt.9.51

, cf. Th.3.20, X.Cyr.2.16, etc.; ἥμισυς λόγος half the tale, A.Eu. 428 ( λόγου cod. [voice] Med.);

τὸ ἥμισυ τεῖχος Th.2.78

;

ὁ ἥ. ἀριθμός Pl.Lg. 946a

: c. gen., like a [comp] Comp., τὸ ὕψος ἥμισυ ἐτελέσθη οὗ διενοεῖτο half of what he intended, Th.1.93: metaph.,

οὐδ' ἂν ἥμισυς ἑαυτοῦ γένοιτο πρὸς ἀρετήν Pl.Lg. 647d

( οὐ δι' ἥμισυν stands for οὐ διήμ. ' half-and-half', ib. 806c).

2 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

; αἱ ἡμίσειαι τῶν νεῶν half of the ships, Th.8.8;

οἱ ἡμίσεις τῶν ἄρτων X.Cyr.4.5.4

;

ὁ ἥμισυς τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ Pl.Phd. 104a

;

τοῦ χρόνου D.20.8

: abs., οἱ ἡ. half of them, Th.3.20.

II as Subst. in neut., ἥ. τιμῆς, ἐνάρων, ἀρετῆς, Il.9.616, 17.231, Od.17.322; τὸ μὲν.., τὸ δ' ἥ. Il.13.565;

πλέον ἥ. παντός Hes.Op.40

, Pl.R. 466c;

ὑπὲρ ἥ. πάντων X.Cyr.3.3.47

;

ἥ. οὗ δεῖ Pl.Phd. 77c

, etc.; ἐν ἡμίσει τῆς νυκτός at midnight, LXXJd.16.3: usu. c. Art.,

τὸ ἥ. τοῦ στρατοῦ Th.4.83

, etc.; also

τὤμισυ Hes.Op. 559

, Schwyzer701 (Erythrae, v B.C.);

θἤμισυ Ar.Lys. 116

: indecl., ἀπὸ τοῦ ἥ. LXXEx.30.15; τῷ ἥ. φυλῆς ib.Nu.32.33: pl.,

τῆς χορείας τὰ ἡμίσεα Pl.Lg. 672e

;

ἄρτων ἡμίσεα X.An.1.9.26

; ῥαφανίδων τὰ ἡ. Thphr.l.c.: after Numerals,

ἐν δυοῖν καὶ ἡμίσει ἡμέρας IG22.1673.73

;

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 Adv.,

ἥ. μὲν νύμφην.., ἥ. δ' αὖτε ὄφιν Hes.Th. 298

, cf. Pi.N.10.87: so in pl.,

τὰ μὲν ἡμίσεα φιλόπονος, τὰ δὲ ἡ. ἄπονος Pl.R. 535d

: with Preps., οὐδ' εἰς ἥ. not half, Ar.Th. 452: regul. Adv. ἡμισέως half-done, Pl.R. 601c.

b ἥμισυ, τό,= ἡμίεκτον, Hsch.

2 fem., ἡ ἡμίσεια (sc. μοῖρα)

, τῇ ἡμισείᾳ τῆς γῆς Th.5.31

;

ἡ ἡ. τοῦ τιμήματος Pl.Lg. 956d

; οὐ γὰρ ἐφ' ἡμισείᾳ χρηστὸν εἶναι δεῖ by halves, D. 19.277;

ἐξ ἡμισείας Luc.Cat.1

, Artem.1.26, S.E.M.10.145. ( ἡμισυ- fr. ἡμιτυ-, ἡμισσο- fr. ἡμιτϝο-, cf. ἡμίτεια, ἡμιτύεκτον; enlarged fr. ἡμι-.)

Grammatical information: comp. element

Meaning: `half-' (Il.).

Compounds: In compp., e. g. ἡμισύ-τριτον n. `the third half = one and a half' (Archil. 167), ἡμιτυ-εκτου (gen.) `a half ἑκτεύς' (Cret.).

Derivatives: 1. ἥμισυς (- τυς), prop. subst. m. `half' ( ὁ ἥμισυς τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ; pl. ἡμίσεις Φ 7), τὸ ἥμισυ (Il.; after τὸ ὅλον), (adj.) f. ἡμίσεια, Epid., Ther. ἡμίτεια (Brugmann Grundr.<sup>2</sup> 2, 1, 447). In compp., e. g. ἡμισύ-τριτον n. `the third half = one and a half' (Archil. 167), ἡμιτυ-εκτου (gen.) `a half ἑκτεύς' (Cret.). With regressive assimilation ἥμυσυς (Erythrae V<sup>a</sup> etc.). On Lesb. αἴμι(συς) Schwyzer 185 and 274. An ο-stem (Schwyzer 472) ἥμισσον n. `half' (\< - τϜ-ον; Dor. Arc.). Denomin. verbs ἡμισεύω `halve' with ἡμίσευμα `half' (LXX), with aphairesis μίσευμα `id.' (Perga; Wilhelm Glotta 14, 75ff.); ἡμισιάζω `id.' (Hero; cf. the verbs in - ιάζω Schwyzer 735). - 2. ἡμί̄να f. `half' (Cret., Cypr.; Bechtel Dial. 1, 448), also as measure (Sicily; from there Lat. LW [loanword] hēmīna); on the formation f. δωτί̄νη and Chantraine Formation 205, Schwyzer 491. - 3. ἡμίχα ἡμιστατῆρα H.; cf. δίχα. - See Schwyzer 434 and 599.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [905] *sēmi- `half'

Etymology: Old expression for `half-', also in Skt. sāmi-, Lat. sēmi-, Germ., e. g. OHG sāmi- `id.'. The functional identity is seen in parallel (not inherited) compp.: Skt. sāmi-jīva- = Lat. sēmi-vīvus, cf. ἡμί-βιος and OHG sāmi-queck "half-living", `half-dead'. For the supposed connection with * sem- `one' (s. εἷς) (Persson Beitr. 1, 144) Gonda adduced new arguments ( Reflexions on the numerals ` one' and ` two' 35ff.).

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