Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἡμίεφθος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἡμίεφθος ἡμίεφθον

Structure: ἡμιεφθ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e(/yw

Sense

  1. half-boiled, half-cooked

Examples

  • οἱ υἱοί σου, οἱ ἀπορούμενοι, οἱ καθεύδοντεσ ἐπ̓ ἄκρου πάσησ ἐξόδου ὡσ σευτλίον ἡμίεφθον, οἱ πλήρεισ θυμοῦ Κυρίου, ἐκλελυμένοι διὰ Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 51:20)
  • ἄνθη δὲ καὶ βοτάναι καὶ σπέρματα, ἅσσα μοι ἐν τοῖσι ἐμβρέγμασι λέλεκται , καὶ ἐν τοῖσι ἐπιπλάσμασι ἔστω τὰ ωὐτά· μέλι δὲ καὶ σὺν αὐτέοισι μὲν ἀγαθὸν ἐσ σύστασιν τῶν ξηρῶν, καὶ ἐσ μῖξιν τῶν αὐχμηρῶν, καὶ ὡσ ἡ θέρμη ἐσ πολλὸν διαρκέῃ · ἀγαθὸν δὲ καὶ αὐτὸ μοῦνον, καὶ ἐπίπλασμα ἡμίεφθον, καὶ ἔμβρεγμα ξύν τινι τῶν ὑγρῶν λυθὲν, μαλθάξαι, ἀλεῆναι, φυσέων καὶ οὔρων ἀγωγὸν, πρηῦναι πρήσιασ· τάδε γὰρ καὶ μελίκρη τον ποιέεει ποθὲν, καὶ τουτέων πλέονα καὶ κρέσσονα, εἴσω παρελθὸν ἀρτηρίῃ, καὶ πνεύμονι, καὶ θώρηκι, καὶ κοιλίῃ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 66)
  • ἄριστον δὲ ἄρτοσ ἐκ κριθῶν, καὶ τάριχοσ ὡραῖοσ, καὶ σμικρόν τι μαλάχησ ἢ κράμβησ ἡμίεφθον, ξὺν κυμίνου ἐμβάμματι· ἐσ δὲ δεῖπνον, σταφυλίνου ἡ Ῥίζα, καὶ χόνδροι, ξὺν τῷ οἴνῳ καὶ τῷ μέλιτι παλαίῳ τὴν μῖξιν, καὶ τὰ θαλάσσια, ὁκόσα τὴν γαστέρα ὑπολύει, τελλίνων ζωμοὶ, ὄστρεα, ἐχῖνοι καὶ τῶν ἰχθύων οἱ πετραῖοι · χερσαίων δὲ, τὰ θηρία, λαγώσ, ἢ σῦσ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU XRONIWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 120)

Synonyms

  1. half-boiled

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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