ἡμίονος

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See also: ημίονος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

ἡμῐ- (hēmi-, half) +‎ ὄνος (ónos, donkey)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἡμῐ́ονος (hēmíonosf (genitive ἡμῐόνου); second declension

  1. mule, half ass
    1. (figurative, ἡμίονος βασιλεύς) half-Mede, half-Persian
    2. (ἡμίονος ἀγροτέρα) wild ass, onager
  2. (attributive, βρέφος ἡμίονον) mule-foal

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • New Latin: 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.