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

  • λόγον, ἐν ᾧ τὸ διὰ τεσσάρων τὰ δ’ ἓξ καὶ ἐννέα τὸν ἡμιόλιον, ἐν τὸ. (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 12 9:1)
  • ἐλήφθη διὰ τῶν ὀργάνων θεωρηθέν, ὅτι τὸ μὲν διὰ πασῶν τὸν διπλάσιον λόγον ἔχει, τὸ δὲ διὰ πέντε τὸν ἡμιόλιον, τὸ δὲ διὰ τεσσάρων τὸν ἐπίτριτον, ὁ δὲ τόνοσ τὸν ἐπόγδοον. (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 17 4:2)
  • καὶ τρία πρὸσ δύο ληφθέντα μήκη καὶ βάρη τὸ διὰ πέντε ποιήσει καὶ τέσσαρα πρὸσ τρία τὸ διὰ τεσσάρων, ὧν τοῦτο μὲν ἐπίτριτον ἔχει λόγον ἐκεῖνο δ’ ἡμιόλιον. (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 17 7:1)
  • σύνθετοσ οὖν ὁ τοῦ διπλασίου λόγοσ ἐστὶν ἐκ τοῦ ἡμιολίου καὶ τοῦ ἐπιτρίτου, καθάπερ ὁ τοῦ διὰ πασῶν ἐκ τοῦ διὰ πέντε καὶ τοῦ διὰ τεσσάρων ἀλλὰ κἀκεῖ τὸ διὰ πέντε τοῦ διὰ τεσσάρων τόνῳ κἀνταῦθα τὸ ἡμιόλιον τοῦ ἐπιτρίτου τῷ ἐπογδόῳ μεῖζόν ἐστι. (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 17 12:1)
  • φαίνεται τοίνυν, ὅτι τὸ διὰ πασῶν τὸν διπλάσιον λόγον ἔχει καὶ τὸ διὰ πέντε τὸν ἡμιόλιον καὶ τὸ διὰ τεσσάρων τὸν ἐπίτριτον καὶ ὁ τόνοσ τὸν ἐπόγδοον. (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 17 13:1)

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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