Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἡμιόλιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἡμιόλιος ἡμιόλιᾱ ἡμιόλιον

Structure: ἡμιολι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o(/los

Sense

  1. containing one and a half, half as much again, half as large again as, half as much again as
  2. a ship with one and a half banks of oars

Examples

  • πρῶτοσ δ’ Ἀρχιμήδησ εὑρ͂ε τὴν τῆσ ἕλικοσ κατασκευήν, ὡσ δὲ καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ μέρη τῆσ νεὼσ ἐν ἄλλοισ ἓξ μησὶ κατεσκευάσθη καὶ τοῖσ χαλκοῖσ ἥλοισ πᾶσα περιελήφθη, ὧν οἱ πολλοὶ δεκάμνοοι ἦσαν, οἱ δ’ ἄλλοι τούτων ἡμιόλιοι ‐ διὰ τρυπάνων δ’ ἦσαν οὗτοι ἡρμοσμένοι τοὺσ σταμῖνασ συνέχοντεσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 40 4:1)
  • οἱ δὲ περίδρομοι ἡμιόλιοι τοῦ τῶν ἀρκύων πάχουσ· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 10 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. a ship with one and a half banks of oars

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

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