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

  • "τοῖσ γοῦν αὐτοῖσ λόγοισ οἱ ἄκροι τῆσ μέσησ καὶ παραμέσησ ὑπερέχουσι καὶ ὑπερέχονται, ἐπιτρίτῳ καὶ ἡμιολίῳ. (Pseudo-Plutarch, De musica, section 2316)
  • "πέντε γὰρ ἐν ἡμιολίῳ λόγῳ, τριῶν ὕδατοσ κεραννυμένων πρὸσ δύ’ οἴνου· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 3, 1:4)
  • ηὔξησε γὰρ τὰ μὲν δόρατα ἡμιολίῳ μεγέθει, τὰ δὲ ξίφη σχεδὸν διπλάσια κατεσκεύασεν. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xv, chapter 44 4:3)

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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