ἡμίονος
See also: ημίονος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- αἰμῐ́ονος (aimíonos) – Aeolic
- 630 BCE – 570 BCE, Sappho, Papyrus Fragments 20a.14
Etymology
ἡμῐ- (hēmi-, “half”) + ὄνος (ónos, “donkey”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hɛː.mí.o.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)e̝ˈmi.o.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iˈmi.o.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /iˈmi.o.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈmi.o.nos/
Noun
ἡμῐ́ονος • (hēmíonos) f (genitive ἡμῐόνου); second declension
- mule, half ass
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 2.852, 10.352, 17.742, 23.654, 24.702
- 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Ode 6.22
- 400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Apology 27e
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 6.22
- 6th century BC, Theognis of Megara, Elegies 996
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Rhetoric 3.3.4
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.153
- (figuratively, ἡμίονος βασιλεύς) half-Mede, half-Persian
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.55
- (ἡμίονος ἀγροτέρα) wild ass, onager
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 2.852
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 1.6, 6.36
- (attributive, βρέφος ἡμίονον) mule-foal
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 23.266
Declension
Second declension of ἡ ἡμῐ́ονος; τῆς ἡμῐόνου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἡμῐ́ονος hē hēmíonos | τὼ ἡμῐόνω tṑ hēmiónō | αἱ ἡμῐ́ονοι hai hēmíonoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἡμῐόνου tês hēmiónou | τοῖν ἡμῐόνοιν toîn hēmiónoin | τῶν ἡμῐόνων tôn hēmiónōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἡμῐόνῳ têi hēmiónōi | τοῖν ἡμῐόνοιν toîn hēmiónoin | ταῖς ἡμῐόνοις taîs hēmiónois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἡμῐ́ονον tḕn hēmíonon | τὼ ἡμῐόνω tṑ hēmiónō | τᾱ̀ς ἡμῐόνους tā̀s hēmiónous | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἡμῐ́ονε hēmíone | ἡμῐόνω hēmiónō | ἡμῐ́ονοι hēmíonoi | ||||||||||
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Second declension of ἡμῐ́ονος; ἡμῐόνου (Epic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡμῐ́ονος hēmíonos | ἡμῐόνω hēmiónō | ἡμῐ́ονοι hēmíonoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | ἡμῐόνου / ἡμῐονοῖο / ἡμῐόνοιο / ἡμῐονόο / ἡμῐόνοο hēmiónou / hēmionoîo / hēmiónoio / hēmionóo / hēmiónoo | ἡμῐόνοιῐν hēmiónoiin | ἡμῐόνων hēmiónōn | ||||||||||
Dative | ἡμῐόνῳ hēmiónōi | ἡμῐόνοιῐν hēmiónoiin | ἡμῐόνοισῐ / ἡμῐόνοισῐν / ἡμῐόνοις hēmiónoisi(n) / hēmiónois | ||||||||||
Accusative | ἡμῐ́ονον hēmíonon | ἡμῐόνω hēmiónō | ἡμῐόνους hēmiónous | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἡμῐ́ονε hēmíone | ἡμῐόνω hēmiónō | ἡμῐ́ονοι hēmíonoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἡμῐόνειος (hēmióneios)
- ἡμῐονηγός (hēmionēgós)
- ἡμῐονῐκός (hēmionikós)
- ἡμῐόνῐον (hēmiónion)
- ἡμῐονίς (hēmionís)
- ἡμῐονῑ́της (hēmionī́tēs)
- ἡμῐονῖτῐς (hēmionîtis)
- ἡμῐονόκουρος (hēmionókouros)
Descendants
- New Latin: hemionus
- English: hemionus
References
- “ἡμίονος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἡμίονος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἡμίονος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἡμίονος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἡμίονος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἡμίονος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- mule idem, page 546.