half

Greek Adjective

ἥμισυς, -εια, -υ genitive, -ους (late, as in π, for cl, -εος Bl, § 8, 4; Mayser, 294), n. p1, ἡμίσια (Rec, cl, -εια), [in LXX for חֵצִי, מַחֲצִית;] half; 1) as adj, agreeing in gender and number with the substantive following, τὰ ἡμίσια τ. ὑταρχόντων, Luk.19:8. 2) As neut. subst, τὸ ἥμισυ, the half; ἥ. (anarth.), a half: with genitive, ἥ. καιροῦ, Rev.12:14; ἕως ἡμίσους τ. βασιλείας μου, Mrk.6:23; after a cardinal number, ἡμέρας τρεῖς κ. ἥμισυ, Rev.11:9, 11. (AS)

half

Greek Adjective

ἥμῐσυς, εια, υ, genitive ἡμίσεος [Refs 5th c.BC+] is sometimes a variant, as in [Refs 5th c.BC+] [same places], and is found in later writers, as [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later contraction ἡμίσους [LXX+8th c.BC+], Attic dialect ἡμίσεις [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc: Ionic dialect feminine ἡμίσεᾰ [Refs 5th c.BC+]), accusative plural -έας [Refs 5th c.BC+]: ἥμυσυς (assim.), [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc: neuter ἥμισον, τό, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἥμισσον, τό, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: accusative plural τοὺς ἡμίσους [Refs]:—half, I) as adjective, ἡμίσεες λαοί half the people, ἡ. δ᾽ ἄρα λαοὶ ἐρητύοντο. ἡ. δ᾽ ἀναβάντες ἐλαύνομεν [Refs 8th c.BC+] as substantive (see.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἥμισυς λόγος half the tale, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ ἥμισυ τεῖχος [Refs 5th c.BC+] half of what he intended, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. 'half-and-half', [Refs] I.2) in Prose also with the substantive in genitive and giving its gender and number to ἥμισυς, τῶν νήσων τὰς ἡμισέας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ ἡμίσειαι τῶν νεῶν half of the ships, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. half of them, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) as substantive in neuter, ἥ. τιμῆς, ἐνάρων, ἀρετῆς[Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ μὲν, τὸ δ᾽ ἥ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν ἡμίσει τῆς νυκτός at midnight, [LXX+8th c.BC+]; θἤμισυ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: indeclinable, ἀπὸ τοῦ ἥ. [LXX]; τῷ ἥ. φυλῆς[LXX+5th c.BC+]; ῥαφανίδων τὰ ἡ. Thphr.[same place]: after Numerals, ἐν δυοῖν καὶ ἡμίσει ἡμέρας [Refs 1st c.BC+]: indeclinable, τριῶν ἥμισυ σταδίων [Refs 1st c.BC+]: as adverb, ἥ. μὲν νύμφην, ἥ. δ᾽ αὖτε ὄφιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]: so in plural, τὰ μὲν ἡμίσεα φιλόπονος, τὰ δὲ ἡ. ἄπονος [Refs 5th c.BC+]. not half, [Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb ἡμισέως half-done, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.b) ἥμισυ, τό,= ἡμίεκτον, [Refs 5th c.AD+] II.2) _feminine_, ἡ ἡμίσεια (i.e. μοῖρα), τῇ ἡμισείᾳ τῆς γῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ γὰρ ἐφ᾽ ἡμισείᾳ χρηστὸν εἶναι δεῖ by halves, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; enlarged from ἡμι.)

Greek

Adjective

(as noun) half; half; neuter of a derivative from an inseparable prefix akin to g260 (ἅμα) (through the idea of partition involved in connection) and meaning semi-