ἡμίονος
hemionos
half-ass
Appears 40 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἡμίονος, ἡ, Il. 2.852, O. 6.22, Rev.Phil. 50.67 (Didyma, ii B.C.), etc.; ὁ, Il. 17.742, Ap. 27e, etc.: Aeol. αἰμί- Supp. 20a.14:—A. half-ass, i.e. mule, Il. 10.352, al., HA 576b11, etc.; ταλαεργός Il. 23.654: prov., γνοίης ὅσσον ὄνων κρέσσονες ἡμίονοι 996; ἐφʼ ἡμιόνων on a car drawn by mules, Il. 24.702; εἰς ἡμιόνους ποιεῖν to write an ode on a team of racing-mules, Rh. 1405b26: prov., ἐπεὰν ἡμίονοι τέκωσι, i.e. never, 3.153: metaph., ἡ. βασιλεύς, i.e. half-Mede, half-Persian, Orac. ap. 1.55. 2. ἡ. ἀγροτέρα wild ass, onager, Il. 2.852; αἱ ἐν Συρίᾳ καλούμεναι ἡ. HA 491a2, cf. 580b1, al. II. as Adj., βρέφος ἡμίονον a mule-foal, Il. 23.266.
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