ἡμίονος

See also: ημίονος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• αἰμῐ́ονος (aimĭ́onos) — Aeolic
  • 630 BCE – 570 BCE, Sappho, Papyrus Fragments 20a.14

Etymology

ἡμῐ- (hēmĭ-, “half”) +‎ ὄνος (ónos, “donkey”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.mí.o.nos/ → /iˈmi.o.nos/ → /iˈmi.o.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.mí.o.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝ˈmi.o.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈmi.o.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈmi.o.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈmi.o.nos/

Noun

ἡμῐ́ονος • (hēmĭ́onos) f (genitive ἡμῐόνου); second declension

1. 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
   1. (figurative, ἡμίονος βασιλεύς) half-Mede, half-Persian
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.55
   2. (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
2. (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
Nominative	ἡ ἡμῐ́ονος hē hēmĭ́onos	τὼ ἡμῐόνω tṑ hēmĭónō	αἱ ἡμῐ́ονοι hai hēmĭ́onoi
Genitive	τῆς ἡμῐόνου tês hēmĭónou	τοῖν ἡμῐόνοιν toîn hēmĭónoin	τῶν ἡμῐόνων tôn hēmĭónōn
Dative	τῇ ἡμῐόνῳ têi hēmĭónōi	τοῖν ἡμῐόνοιν toîn hēmĭónoin	ταῖς ἡμῐόνοις taîs hēmĭónois
Accusative	τὴν ἡμῐ́ονον tḕn hēmĭ́onon	τὼ ἡμῐόνω tṑ hēmĭónō	τᾱ̀ς ἡμῐόνους tā̀s hēmĭónous
Vocative	ἡμῐ́ονε hēmĭ́one	ἡμῐόνω hēmĭónō	ἡμῐ́ονοι hēmĭ́onoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of ἡμῐ́ονος; ἡμῐόνου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡμῐ́ονος hēmĭ́onos	ἡμῐόνω hēmĭónō	ἡμῐ́ονοι hēmĭ́onoi
Genitive	ἡμῐόνου / ἡμῐονοῖο / ἡμῐόνοιο / ἡμῐονόο / ἡμῐόνοο hēmĭónou / hēmĭonoîo / hēmĭónoio / hēmĭonóo / hēmĭónoo	ἡμῐόνοιῐν hēmĭónoiĭn	ἡμῐόνων hēmĭónōn
Dative	ἡμῐόνῳ hēmĭónōi	ἡμῐόνοιῐν hēmĭónoiĭn	ἡμῐόνοισῐ / ἡμῐόνοισῐν / ἡμῐόνοις hēmĭónoisĭ(n) / hēmĭónois
Accusative	ἡμῐ́ονον hēmĭ́onon	ἡμῐόνω hēmĭónō	ἡμῐόνους hēmĭónous
Vocative	ἡμῐ́ονε hēmĭ́one	ἡμῐόνω hēmĭónō	ἡμῐ́ονοι hēmĭ́onoi
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• ἡμῐόνειος (hēmĭóneios)
• ἡμῐονηγός (hēmĭonēgós)
• ἡμῐονῐκός (hēmĭonĭkós)
• ἡμῐόνῐον (hēmĭónĭon)
• ἡμῐονίς (hēmĭonís)
• ἡμῐονῑ́της (hēmĭonī́tēs)
• ἡμῐονῖτῐς (hēmĭonîtĭs)
• ἡμῐονόκουρος (hēmĭonókouros)

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • mule idem, page 546.