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subs.P. and V. τὸ ἥμισυ.——————adj.P. and V. ἥμισυς.Saw in half: P. δίχα πρίειν.You said you would cut yourself in half: Ar. ἔφησθα σαυτῆς κἂν παρατεμεῖν θἤμισυ (Lys. 132).The height when completed was about half what he intended: P. τὸ ὕψος ἥμισυ μάλιστα ἐτελέσθη οὗ διενοεῖτο (Thuc. 1, 93).Half an estate: P. ἡμικλήριον, τό.Be honest by halves: P. ἐφʼ ἡμισείᾳ χρηστὸς εἶναι (Dem. 430).He bade them raise a shield when half way across: P. εἶπεν ἆραι ασπίδα κατὰ μέσον τον πλοῦν (Xen., Hell. II. 1, 27).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Half
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