ἥμισυς

ἥμισυς, εια, υ, gen. ἡμίσεος Hdt. 2.126, Th. 2.78,4.83, X. Oec. 18.8, Pl. Smp. 205e, IG 22.1612.267, 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 contr. ἡμίσους D.H. 4.17, Plu. Mar. 34, etc. (as fem., LXX 3 Ki. 16.9): nom. and acc. pl. masc., Ion. ἡμίσεες, -εας, Il. 21.7, Hdt. 9.51, 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., IG 22.1678.23, Thphr. 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.), IGΙΙ(2).161A 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. 240P (Delph., iv B.C.): acc. pl. τοὺς ἡμίσους Not.Arch. 4.20 (Cyrene, Aug.):—A. half, I. as Adj., ἡμίσεες λαοί half the people, ἡ. δʼ ἄρα λαοὶ ἐρητύοντο . . ἡ. δʼ ἀναβάντες ἐλαύνομεν Od. 3.155 sq., cf. Il. 21.7 (elsewh. Hom. uses only neut. ἥμισυ as Subst. (v. infr. II)); 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. Med.); τὸ ἥμισυ τεῖχος Th. 2.78; ὁ ἥ. ἀριθμός Pl. Lg. 946a: c. gen., like a Comp., τὸ ὕψος ἥμισυ ἐτελέσθη οὗ διενοεῖτο half of what he intended, Th. 1.93: metaph., οὐδʼ ἂν ἥμισυς ἑαυτοῦ γένοιτο πρὸς ἀρετήν Pl. Lg. 647d (οὐ διʼ 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 δʼ 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, Schwyzer 701 (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 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 Adv., ἥ. μὲν νύμφην . . , ἥ. δʼ 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., οὐδʼ 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 ἐφʼ 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-.)