ἥμισυς

See also: ήμισυς

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

ἥμῐσυς • (hḗmisus) m (feminine ἡμίσεια, neuter ἥμισυ); first/third declension

  1. half

Inflection

This is one of the three adjectives in -ύς, -εῖα, -ύ, along with θῆλυς (thêlus) and πρέσβυς (présbus), to have a recessive accent.

Descendants

  • Byzantine Greek: ἥμισος (hḗmisos)
  • Greek: ημι- (imi-), ήμισυς (ímisys)

Further reading

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