ἥμισσον

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

A parallel formation to ἥμῐσυς (hḗmisus, “half”, adjective). Usually seen as reflecting Proto-Indo-European *sēmi-tw-om, a thematisation of the tu-stem ἥμισυς (hḗmisus),[1] there is however contradictory evidence for -σσ- (-ss-) being the regular Doric outcome of medial *-tw-.[2] Compare Albanian gjysmë.

Noun

ἥμῐσσον • (hḗmisson) n (genitive ἡμῐ́σσοιο); second declension (Doric)

  1. half
    Synonyms: ἡμίσεια f (hēmíseia), ἥμισυ n (hḗmisu)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἥμῐσσον; τοῦ ἡμῐ́σσοιο (Doric)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ἥμῐσσον
tò hḗmisson 		τὼ ἡμῐ́σσω
tṑ hēmíssō 		τᾰ̀ ἥμῐσσᾰ
tà hḗmissa
Genitive τοῦ ἡμῐ́σσοιο
toû hēmíssoio 		τοῖν ἡμῐ́σσοιν
toîn hēmíssoin 		τῶν ἡμῐ́σσων
tôn hēmíssōn
Dative τῷ ἡμῐ́σσῳ
tôi hēmíssōi 		τοῖν ἡμῐ́σσοιν
toîn hēmíssoin 		τοῖς ἡμῐ́σσοις
toîs hēmíssois
Accusative τὸ ἥμῐσσον
tò hḗmisson 		τὼ ἡμῐ́σσω
tṑ hēmíssō 		τᾰ̀ ἥμῐσσᾰ
tà hḗmissa
Vocative ἥμῐσσον
hḗmisson 		ἡμῐ́σσω
hēmíssō 		ἥμῐσσᾰ
hḗmissa
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 519f.
  2. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, § 190.4, page 186

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