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ἡμίτομος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἡμίτομος ἡμίτομον

Structure: ἡμιτομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: te/mnw

Sense

  1. half cut through, cut in two

Examples

  • ἀγνωμοσύνη γὰρ δὴ ^ τοῦτό γε ‐ οὔτε ἡ ὄρνισ ὁμοία ταῖσ ἄλλαισ, ἀλλὰ τῷ μὲν πλησίον παχεῖα καὶ πιμελήσ, σοὶ δὲ νεοττὸσ ἡμίτομοσ ἢ φάττα τισ ὑπόσκληροσ, ὕβρισ ἄντικρυσ καὶ ἀτιμία. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 26:3)
  • ἰδού τισ ἄλλοσ ὑπόπλατοσ ὥσπερ ἡμίτομοσ ἰχθὺσ πρόσεισιν, ψῆττά τισ, κεχηνὼσ εἰσ τὸ ἄγκιστρον κατέπιεν, ἔχεται, ἀνεσπάσθω. (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 49:1)

Related

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

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