- ἡμι-
- ἡμι-Grammatical information: comp. elementMeaning: `half-' (Il.).Compounds: In compp., e. g. ἡμισύ-τριτον n. `the third half = one and a half' (Archil. 167), ἡμιτυ-εκτου (gen.) `a half ἑκτεύς' (Cret.).Derivatives: 1.ἥμισυς (-τυς), prop. subst. m. `half' (ὁ ἥμισυς τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ; pl. ἡμίσεις Φ 7), τὸ ἥμισυ (Il.; after τὸ ὅλον), (adj.) f. ἡμίσεια, Epid., Ther. ἡμίτεια (Brugmann Grundr.2 2, 1, 447). In compp., e. g. ἡμισύ-τριτον n. `the third half = one and a half' (Archil. 167), ἡμιτυ-εκτου (gen.) `a half ἑκτεύς' (Cret.). With regressive assimilation ἥμυσυς (Erythrae Va etc.). On Lesb. αἴμι(συς) Schwyzer 185 and 274. An ο-stem (Schwyzer 472) ἥμισσον n. `half' (\< -τϜ-ον; Dor. Arc.). Denomin. verbs ἡμισεύω `halve' with ἡμίσευμα `half' (LXX), with aphairesis μίσευμα `id.' (Perga; Wilhelm Glotta 14, 75ff.); ἡμισιάζω `id.' (Hero; cf. the verbs in -ιάζω Schwyzer 735). - 2. ἡμί̄να f. `half' (Cret., Cypr.; Bechtel Dial. 1, 448), also as measure (Sicily; from there Lat. LW [loanword] hēmīna); on the formation f. δωτί̄νη and Chantraine Formation 205, Schwyzer 491. - 3. ἡμίχα ἡμιστατῆρα H.; cf. δίχα. - See Schwyzer 434 and 599.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [905] *sēmi- `half'Etymology: Old expression for `half-', also in Skt. sāmi-, Lat. sēmi-, Germ., e. g. OHG sāmi- `id.'. The functional identity is seen in parallel (not inherited) compp.: Skt. sāmi-jīva- = Lat. sēmi-vīvus, cf. ἡμί-βιος and OHG sāmi-queck "half-living", `half-dead'. For the supposed connection with *sem- `one' (s. εἷς) (Persson Beitr. 1, 144) Gonda adduced new arguments (Reflexions on the numerals `one' and `two' 35ff.).Page in Frisk: 1,636
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.