Ἀρχὴ ἥμισυ παντός

a beginning (is) half of the whole

Translated by Jennifer Benedict8 Apr 2001Vetting: high8 revisions

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[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those beginning something and making progress [in it].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀρχὴ ἥμισυ παντός· ἐπὶ τῶν τινος ἀρχομένων καὶ προκοπτόντων.

Betacode

*)arxh\ h(/misu panto/s: e)pi\ tw=n tinos a)rxome/nwn kai\ prokopto/ntwn.

cf. Diogenianus 2.97 and other paroemiographers (and see already under alpha 4091) -- and ultimately from Hesiod, Works and Days 40: ple/on h(/misu panto/s "the half is more than the whole."
Tosi [see under alpha 378] no.59.