Ἡμίφωνον
semivowel; half able to speak
Translated by Catharine Roth7 Sep 2006Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[no gloss]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἡμίφωνον.
Betacode
*(hmi/fwnon.
Notes
- Same entry, according to Adler, in the unedited Laurentianus 59.16.
As a grammatical term,h(mi/fwnon designates sounds like r and s (so e.g. Aristotle, Poetics 1456b27). The 'half able to speak' sense is found in Galen. See generally LSJ s.v.