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

  • τὰ δὲ ιβ’ τῶν ὀκτὼ ἡμιόλια, τῶν δὲ τεσσάρων τριπλάσια οὗτοι δ’ οἱ λόγοι τὸ διὰ τεσσάρων καὶ τὸ διὰ πέντε καὶ τὸ διὰ πασῶν καὶ τὸ δὶσ διὰ πασῶν περιέχουσιν. (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 14 11:1)
  • τὰ γὰρ δώδεκα τῶν μὲν ἐννέα ἐστὶν ἐπίτριτα τῶν δ’ ὀκτὼ ἡμιόλια τῶν δὲ σ’ διπλάσια. (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 17 10:3)
  • τῶν γὰρ ἓξ τὰ μὲν ὀκτὼ ἐπίτριτα τὰ δ’ ἐννέα ἡμιόλια. (Pseudo-Plutarch, De musica, section 22 9:4)
  • τὸ μὲν ἓν ἄκρον τοιοῦτο, τὸ δ’ ἄλλο τὸ τῶν δώδεκα τῶν μὲν ἐννέα ἐπίτριτα τῶν δ’ ὀκτὼ ἡμιόλια. (Pseudo-Plutarch, De musica, section 22 9:5)
  • ἔτι εἰσ ἄπειρον βαδιεῖται, καὶ οὐ μόνον ἡμιόλια τὰ ὄντα ἔσται ἀλλὰ πλείω. (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 4 188:3)
  • ἑκούσιον, ἐνταῦθα δὴ ὅσοι ἀγαθοὶ στρατιᾶσ ἡγεμόνεσ, ὀνομαστὶ ἀνακαλεῖσθαι κελεύουσι πάντασ ἐφεξῆσ τοὺσ ἱππέασ, δεκάδαρχον πρῶτον καὶ διμοιρίτην ἐπὶ τούτῳ καὶ ὅστισ ἐν ἡμιολίᾳ μισθοφορᾷ, ἔπειτα τοὺσ ἐφεξῆσ τῆσ δεκαδαρχίασ. (Arrian, chapter 42 1:1)

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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