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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

  • πολλοὶ γάρ, φημί, οὐκ ἀγαπῶντεσ ὅτι αὐτοὶ μετέχουσι τῶν αὐτῶν ἡμῖν ξυνεδρίων καὶ εὐωχοῦνται ἐπ’ ἴσησ, καὶ ταῦτα θνητοὶ ἐξ ἡμισείασ ὄντεσ, ἔτι καὶ τοὺσ ὑπηρέτασ καὶ θιασώτασ τοὺσ αὐτῶν ἀνήγαγον ἐσ τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ παρενέγραψαν, καὶ νῦν ἐπ’ ἴσησ διανομάσ τε νέμονται καὶ θυσιῶν μετέχουσιν, οὐδὲ καταβαλόντεσ ἡμῖν τὸ μετοίκιον. (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 3:1)
  • ὧν ὁ μὲν κέρατα ἔχων καὶ ὅσον ἐξ ἡμισείασ ἐσ τὸ κάτω αἰγὶ ἐοικὼσ καὶ γένειον βαθὺ καθειμένοσ ὀλίγον τράγου διαφέρων ἐστίν, ὁ δὲ φαλακρὸσ γέρων, σιμὸσ τὴν ῥῖνα, ἐπὶ ὄνου τὰ πολλὰ ὀχούμενοσ, Λυδὸσ οὗτοσ, οἱ δὲ Σάτυροι ὀξεῖσ τὰ ὦτα, καὶ αὐτοὶ φαλακροί, κεράσται, οἱᾶ τοῖσ ἄρτι γεννηθεῖσιν ἐρίφοισ τὰ κέρατα ὑποφύεται, Φρύγεσ τινὲσ ὄντεσ· (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 4:5)
  • ὑποσχόμεναι τὸ μὲν ἔδοσαν, ἐξ ἡμισείασ δὲ ἀνεκαλέσαντο τὴν ὑπόσχεσιν, λέγω δὲ τὴν τῶν μελλόντων γνῶσιν, καὶ ταῦτα προτέραν αὐτὴν ἐν τῷ ἔπει ὑπεσχημέναι. (Lucian, 4:1)
  • ὁ δ’ οὖν ἐλευθεριάζει πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ, καὶ ταῦτα ἐξ ἡμισείασ ἡμέτεροσ ὤν. (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 1:6)
  • οὐκοῦν, ὦ Πολύστρατε, μῦθον ἀντὶ μύθου ἄμειψαι αὐτῷ τῷ μέτρῳ, φασίν ἢ καὶ λώϊον, δύνασαι γάρ, καί τινα εἰκόνα γραψάμενοσ τῆσ ψυχῆσ ἐπίδειξον, ὡσ μὴ ἐξ ἡμισείασ θαυμάζοιμι αὐτήν. (Lucian, Imagines, (no name) 12:1)

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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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