ἡμίονος

See also: ημίονος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

ἡμῐ- (hēmi-, “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 • (hēmíonos) 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 hēmíonos	τὼ ἡμῐόνω tṑ hēmiónō	αἱ ἡμῐ́ονοι hai hēmíonoi
Genitive	τῆς ἡμῐόνου tês hēmiónou	τοῖν ἡμῐόνοιν toîn hēmiónoin	τῶν ἡμῐόνων tôn hēmiónōn
Dative	τῇ ἡμῐόνῳ têi hēmiónōi	τοῖν ἡμῐόνοιν toîn hēmiónoin	ταῖς ἡμῐόνοις taîs hēmiónois
Accusative	τὴν ἡμῐ́ονον tḕn hēmíonon	τὼ ἡμῐόνω tṑ hēmiónō	τᾱ̀ς ἡμῐόνους tā̀s hēmiónous
Vocative	ἡμῐ́ονε hēmíone	ἡμῐόνω hēmiónō	ἡμῐ́ονοι hēmíonoi
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 hēmíonos	ἡμῐόνω hēmiónō	ἡμῐ́ονοι hēmíonoi
Genitive	ἡμῐόνου / ἡμῐονοῖο / ἡμῐόνοιο / ἡμῐονόο / ἡμῐόνοο hēmiónou / hēmionoîo / hēmiónoio / hēmionóo / hēmiónoo	ἡμῐόνοιῐν hēmiónoiin	ἡμῐόνων hēmiónōn
Dative	ἡμῐόνῳ hēmiónōi	ἡμῐόνοιῐν hēmiónoiin	ἡμῐόνοισῐ / ἡμῐόνοισῐν / ἡμῐόνοις hēmiónoisi(n) / hēmiónois
Accusative	ἡμῐ́ονον hēmíonon	ἡμῐόνω hēmiónō	ἡμῐόνους hēmiónous
Vocative	ἡμῐ́ονε hēmíone	ἡμῐόνω hēmiónō	ἡμῐ́ονοι hēmíonoi
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• ἡμῐόνειος (hēmióneios)
• ἡμῐονηγός (hēmionēgós)
• ἡμῐονῐκός (hēmionikós)
• ἡμῐόνῐον (hēmiónion)
• ἡμῐονίς (hēmionís)
• ἡμῐονῑ́της (hēmionī́tēs)
• ἡμῐονῖτῐς (hēmionîtis)
• ἡμῐονόκουρος (hēmionókouros)

 

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.