ἥμισυς, -εια, -υ, gen., -ους (late, as in π., for cl., -εος; Bl., §8, 4; Mayser, 294), n. p1., ἡμίσια (Rec., cl., -εια),
[in LXX for חֲצִי, מַחֲצִית;] half;
1. as adj., agreeing in gender and number with the substantive following, τὰ ἡμίσια τ. ὑταρχόντων, Lk 19:8.
2. As neut. subst., τὸ ἥμισυ, the half; ἥ. (anarth.), a half: c. gen., ἥ. καιροῦ, Re 12:14; ἕως ἡμίσους τ. βασιλείας μου, Mk 6:23; after a cardinal number, ἡμέρας τρεῖς κ. ἥμισυ, Re 11:9, 11.†