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Ἡμίεκτον · half-hekteus, hemi-hekteus (η 327) · Suda

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η323half-burnt
η324half-done
η325semi-double
η326hemi-hekteus
η327half-hekteus, hemi-hekteus
η328half-hekteus and half-bushel
η329half-worked
η330half-kados
η331half-burnt

Suda/Η eta/η327

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Ἡμίεκτον

half-hekteus, hemi-hekteus

Translated by David Whitehead2 Aug 2005Vetting: high4 revisions

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Translation

[Meaning] the half of the hekteus.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἡμίεκτον· τὸ ἥμισυ τοῦ ἕκτου.

Betacode

*(hmi/ekton: to\ h(/misu tou= e(/ktou.

Notes

More fully in Hesychius eta493.
cf. eta 326, eta 328. (Ms F spells the present headword h(miekte/on, as eta 326.)

Linked from2 entries

η326Ἡμιεκτέονhemi-hekteusA measure, that is, of four choinikes; for the bushel [medimnos] is of 48 choinikes. So the sixth [hekteus] of these [is] 8 choinikes. The hemi-hekteus, that is the twelfth part of the 48 choinikes, [is] 4. Hemi-hekteus…
η328Ἡμίεκτον καὶ ἡμιμέδιμνονhalf-hekteus and half-bushelWith the bushel having forty-eight choinikes, the half-bushel obviously has twenty-four. A half-hekteus is what contains four choinikes; for the hekteus [is] eight choinikes.

Neighbouring entries

η325Ἡμιδιπλοίδιονsemi-double η326Ἡμιεκτέονhemi-hekteus η327Ἡμίεκτονhalf-hekteus, hemi-hekteus η328Ἡμίεκτον καὶ ἡμιμέδιμνονhalf-hekteus and half-bushel η329Ἡμίεργονhalf-worked

Revision history4 revisions · last 23 Apr 2016

23 Apr 2016Revised — David Whitehead
17 Dec 2012Revised — David Whitehead
10 Aug 2005augmented note — David Whitehead
9 Aug 2005set status — Catharine Roth
2 Aug 2005Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἡμίεκτον (Adler number eta 327), trans. David Whitehead, 2 Aug 2005. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/eta/327

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗