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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

  • τὰ γὰρ πλοῖα ἦν αὐτοῖσ κελύφη καρύων ἡμίτομα, κεκενωμένα, μέγεθοσ δὲ ἑκάστου ἡμιτόμου εἰσ μῆκοσ ὀργυιαὶ πεντεκαίδεκα. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 2 38:2)

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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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