COMPOUND: ἡμίθεος, -ου
CATEGORIZATION: N [Pref+N+Suf]
MEANING: ‘half-god’
ETYMOLOGY: ἡμι- insep. prefix, used in compos., ‘half’ (cf. Skt. sāmi-, Lat. sēmi-) + θεος (θεός, -οῦ) ‘god’ + noun suf. -ος
OCCURRENCE: Il. XII, 23
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: gen. m. pl.
HEADEDNESS: endocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – karmadharaya
NOTES: first member is not a free word