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ἡμίσεια

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἡμίσεια

Structure: ἡμισει (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: v. sub h(/misus.

Sense

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • οὐ γὰρ ἐφ’ ἡμισείᾳ χρηστὸν εἶναι δεῖ τὸν τὰ τηλικαῦτα διοικεῖν ἀξιοῦντα, οὐδὲ τὸ πιστευθῆναι προλαβόντα παρ’ ὑμῶν εἰσ τὸ μείζω δύνασθαι κακουργεῖν καταχρῆσθαι, ἀλλ’ ἁπλῶσ μηδὲν ὑμᾶσ ἀδικεῖν ἑκόντα. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 362:1)
  • τὰ μὲν γὰρ κατὰ δύναμιν πρότερά ἐστι τὰ δὲ κατὰ ἐντελέχειαν, οἱο͂ν κατὰ δύναμιν μὲν ἡ ἡμίσεια τῆσ ὅλησ καὶ τὸ μόριον τοῦ ὅλου καὶ ἡ ὕλη τῆσ οὐσίασ, κατ’ ἐντελέχειαν δ’ ὕστερον· (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 5 137:1)
  • σχεδὸν γὰρ ὀλίγου πᾶσα ἡμίσεια πόλισ ἀντὶ διπλασίασ οὕτωσ ἔστιν τε καὶ γίγνεται ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν τελῶν καὶ πόνων· (Plato, Laws, book 7 106:3)
  • ἡμίσεια ἄρα ὀρθῆσ ἐστιν ἑκατέρα τῶν ὑπὸ ΓΕΑ, ΓΑΕ. (Euclid, Elements, book 2, type Prop172)
  • διὰ τὰ αὐτὰ δὴ καὶ ἑκατέρα τῶν ὑπὸ ΓΕΒ, ΕΒΓ ἡμίσειά ἐστιν ὀρθῆσ· (Euclid, Elements, book 2, type Prop173)

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

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