A.containing one and a half, half as much or as large again, Pl.Tht.154c; “περίμετρος” Plb.6.32.7; “ηὔξησε τὰ δόρατα ἡμιολίῳ μεγέθει” D.S.15.44: c. gen., τὰς περόνας ἡμιολίας . . τοῦ τότε κατεστεῶτος μέτρου half as large again as . . , Hdt.5.88; [“γωνία] ἁμιόλιος τᾶς μέσας” Ti.Locr.98a; [“ὁ γνήσιος ἀετὸς] ἡ. τῶν ἀετῶν” Arist.HA 619a13; neut., half as much again, “ἡμιόλιον οὗ πρότερον ἔφερον” X.An.1.3.21; ἡμιόλιον ὀφλέτω ὅ τι συλάσαι let him be fined half as much again as the amount he seized, IG9(1).333.5 (Locr., v B.C.); of numbers, half as many again, “ποιήσας ἡμιολίους τοὺς ναύτας ἢ πρόσθεν” Plb.10.17.12.
II. in the ratio of one and a half to one (3:2), as in musical sounds, “ἡμιολίαι διαστάσεις” Pl.Ti.36a; τὸ δι᾽ ὀξειᾶν ἡ. Philol.6; ἡ ἡμιολία this ratio, “τὴν ἡ. τοῦ τιμήματος” Pl.Lg.956d; ἀποτίνειν τὴν φέρνην σὺν τῇ ἡ. Mitteis Chr.280.15 (ii B.C.). Adv. “-ίως” Nicom.Ar.2.20, Procl.in Ti.2.223 D.
III. ἡμιολία ναῦς a light vessel with one and a half banks of oars, D.S.19.65; also ἡμιολία alone, Thphr.Char.25.2, D.S.16.61, Mus.Belg.14.20 (but “-ίους” Plb.5.101.2, “-ιον” Hsch.), etc.; used by pirates, Thphr.Char. l.c.; “ἡ. λῃστρικαί” Arr.An.3.2.5, etc.; expld. by δίκροτος (q.v.) ναῦς, Hsch.
