Philip Newton wrote:
> On 8/28/07, R A Brown <ray@...> wrote:
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>>Strictly it's the neuter of the adjective (ἥμισυς, ἥμισεια, ἥμισυ -
>>héemisus, héemiseia, héemisu)
>
>
> Is the feminine accented on the pre-antepenultimate syllable
No.
>or is the final -εια one syllable?
No - it's two syllabled.
>(Or is the accent you wrote an error?)
Yes - a bit of lazy & careless copying and pasting :(
The feminine should, of course, be: ἡμίσεια
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