half-pronounced
Ancient Greek word, found 45 times in the texts on Socratos.
Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales 9.2.2: … ν ὁ δὲ τὴν ἐν ταῖς σχολαῖς λεγομένην ἀπέδωκε· τὰ μὲν γὰρ φωνήεντα τῷ δικαιοτάτῳ λόγῳ πρωτεύειν τῶν ἀφώνων καὶ ἡμιφώνων ἐν δὲ τούτοις τῶν μὲν μακρῶν ὄντων τῶν δὲ βραχέων, τῶν δʼ ἀμφότερα καὶ διχρόνων λεγομένων, ταῦτʼ εἰκότως τῇ δ …
Lucian of Samosata, Judicium vocalium 5: … καὶ δυνάμεις συνεῖδον. καὶ ὑμῖν μέν, ὦ δικασταί, τὴν μείζω δεδώκασι τιμήν, ὅτι καθʼ αὑτὰ δύνασθε φθέγγεσθαι, ἡμιφώνοις δὲ τὴν ἐφεξῆς, ὅτι προσθήκης εἰς τὸ ἀκουσθῆναι δεῖται· πασῶν δὲ ἐσχάτην ἐνόμισαν ἔχειν μοῖραν ἐννέα τῶν πάντω …
Lucian of Samosata, De Sacrificiis 12: … σιν, προσάγουσι τῷ βωμῷ καὶ φονεύουσιν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς τοῦ θεοῦ γοερόν τι μυκώμενον καὶ ὡς τὸ εἰκὸς εὐφημοῦν καὶ ἡμίφωνον ἤδη τῇ θυσίᾳ ἐπαυλοῦν. τίς οὐκ ἂν εἰκάσειεν ἥδεσθαι ταῦτα ὁρῶντας τοὺς θεούς;
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