COMPOUND: ἡμίονος, -ου
CATEGORIZATION: N [Pref+N+Suf]
MEANING: ‘half-ass’, i.e. mule
ETYMOLOGY: ἡμι- insep. prefix, used in compos., ‘half’ (cf. Skt. sāmi-, Lat. sēmi-) + noun root ον- (ὄνος, -ου) ‘ass’ + noun suf. -ος 
OCCURRENCE: Il. II, 852; VII, 333; XVII, 742; XXIII, 121, 260, 266, 654, 662, 666, 668; XXIV, 576, 690, 697, 702, 782; Od. VII, 2, 6; VIII, 124; XVII, 298; XXI, 23
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: gen. f. sg., acc. f. sg., acc. n. sg. (adjectival use), gen. f. du., nom. m. pl.; gen. f. pl., dat. m. pl., acc. f. pl., dat. f. du., gen. m. pl.
HEADEDNESS: endocentric (right-headed)
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – karmadhāraya
NOTES: ἡμι- ‘half’ insep. Prefix, used in compos. (cp. Skt. sāmi-, Lat. sēmi-.). Mobile gender