ἥμισσον

Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

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

Declension edit

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 edit

^ 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.
^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, § 190.4, page 186