A.half-ass, i.e. mule, Il.10.352, al., Arist. HA576b11, etc.; “ταλαεργός” Il.23.654: prov., “γνοίης ὅσσον ὄνων κρέσσονες ἡμίονοι” Thgn.996; ἐφ᾽ ἡμιόνων on a car drawn by mules, Il.24.702; εἰς ἡμιόνους ποιεῖν to write an ode on a team of racing-mules, Arist.Rh.1405b26: prov., ἐπεὰν ἡμίονοι τέκωσι, i.e. never, Hdt.3.153: metaph., ἡ. βασιλεύς, i.e. half-Mede, half-Persian, Orac. ap. Hdt. 1.55.
ἡμίον-ος , ἡ, Il.2.852, Pi.O.6.22, Rev.Phil. 50.67 (Didyma, ii B.C.), etc.; ὁ, Il.17.742, Pl.Ap.27e, etc.: Aeol. αἰμί- Sapph.Supp.20a.14:—