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dī-mĭdĭus, a, um, adj. [medius], half (for the diff. between it and dimidiatus, v. dimidio).

I As an adj., until the Aug. per. only in connection with pars, e. g.: dimidiam partem nationum subegit, Plaut. Curc. 3, 77 (447); id. Aul. 4, 10, 37 (767); id. Rud. 4, 4, 79 (1123); Lucr. 1, 618 sq.; 5, 720; Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 103; id. Rosc. Com. 11, 32; id. Fam. 13, 29, 4; Caes. B. G. 6, 31, 5; id. B. C. 1, 27; 3, 101 (twice); Sall. J. 64, 5; Suet. Caes. 42; Front. Strat. 2, 3, 21; Ov. F. 5, 122; id. Tr. 1, 2, 44 et saep.—
II Since the Aug. per., esp. in poets, also with other substantives, instead of dimidiatus (v. dimidio), divided into two equal parts, halved: mullus (opp. lupus totus), Mart. 2, 37, 4: crus, Juv. 13, 95: vultus, id. 15, 57: Memnone, id. 15, 5: forma circuli, Plin. 2, 59, 60, § 150: clepsydrae, id. Ep. 6, 2, 5: labro basia dare, i. e. slightly, Mart. 2, 10 and 22; so of busts: Priapus, Mart. 11, 18; cf. Cicero's pun on the half-length likeness of his brother Quintus: frater meus dimidius major est quam totus, in Macr. S. 2, 3 (the word dimidius, for dimidiatus, belongs prob. to Macr. himself).—
III Trop., so of persons of mixed descent: dimidius patrum, dimidius plebis, half patrician and half plebeian, Liv. 4, 2, 6. —Hence, subst.
- A dīmidium, ii, n., the half (very freq. in all periods and kinds of writing): horae, Lucil. ap. Gell. 3, 14, 11; so with gen., Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 73 (1125); id. Bacch. 5, 2, 67 (1186); 71 (1190) et saep.; absol., Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 87 (321); id. Ps. 4, 7, 68 (1170); 5, 2, 29 (1313); id. Pers. 1, 2, 17 (69) et saep.; abl. dimidio, with comparatives: dimidio minus opinor, less by half, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 35 (441); Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2; id. Fl. 20, 46; id. Verr. 2, 3, 33; Caes. B. G. 5, 13, 2; Hor. S. 2, 3, 318 et saep.—
- - 2 Like a comp. with quam: vix dimidium militum quam quod acceperat successori tradidit, Liv. 35, 1, 2; 45, 18, 7.—Prov.: dimidium facti, qui coepit, habet, well begun is half done, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 40; cf. Aus. Ep. 81.—
- B Rarely dī-midia, ae, f. (sc. pars), the half: verbenaca decocta in aqua ad dimidias, Plin. 26, 12, 73, § 120.

dīmidius, a, um (dis u. medius), halb, nicht ganz (was weder ganz ist, noch war, wohl aber werden kann; vgl. Gell. 3, 14), luna, Vitr., Plin. u. Ov.: mensis, Col.: spatium, Nep.: pretium, Plin.: altitudo, crassitudo, Vitr.: crus, Iuven.: tonus, Halbton, Chalcid.: vectigal dimidium eius, quod regi pependissent, Liv. 45, 26, 14. – gew. dim. pars, die Hälfte, absol., Plaut. u. Cic., m. Genet., zB. terrae, Cic., exercitus, Sall. – v. Pers., frater meus dimidius maior est quam totus (scherzh.), Cic. fr.: dimidius patrum, dimidius plebis, halb zu den Patriziern, halb zum Bürgerstande gehörig, Liv. – subst., a) dīmidia, ae, f. (sc. pars), die Hälfte, latitudinis, Vitr.: ad dimidias (bis zur Hälfte) decoquere, Plin. – bes. der halbe Ertrag, Cic. Verr. 3, 117. Augustin. serm. 106, 4. – b) dīmidium, iī, n. (= dimidia pars), die Hälfte (von dem, was ganz war od. sein sollte), mille minus dimidium, Cato fr.: dim. dotis, Afran. fr.: pecuniae, Cic.: militum, Liv.: horai (= horae), Lucil. fr.: dimidium tributi, quam quod regibus ferre soliti erant, populo Romano pendĕre, Liv.: ut vix dimidium militum, quam quod acceperat, successori tradiderit, Liv. – dah. dimidio mit einem Kompar., um die Hälfte, carius, plus, stultior, Cic. – Sprichw., dimidium facti, qui coepit, habet, frisch gewagt ist halb gewonnen (griech. ἀρχὴ τὸ ἥμισυ παντός), Hor. ep. 1, 2, 40: u. so dimidium facti est coepisse, Auson. epigr. 84, 1. p. 218 Schenkl.

dimidius [CL] 1 half. b half the service or profit of. c holding half a unit of land. d having half the quality or status of. e (w. prima) ‘~half-prime’ (? half-way between lauds and prime). post annum et dimedium Gildas Pen. 1; sicut emisperium semispera Latina lingua intelligitur, id est ~ia pars poli Aldh. Met. 10 p. 95; transacto quasi ~iae horae spatio Bede HE IV 3; 811 duas possessiunculas et tertiam dimediam, id est in nostra loquella ðridda half haga CS 335; 812 demediam partem unius mansiunculae Ib. 341; ~ia terra est regis DB I 1; DB II 182 (v. commendatio 3); reddat sex †~iam marcam [AS: vj healfmarc] (Quad.) GAS 232; 1198 ~ium hundredum de Wiham CurR RC I 207; c1225 nos dedisse ‥ tres ~ias acras terre Cart. Osney IV 341; 12‥ valorem dimedie marce Conc. Scot. II 45; 1266 meremium ad reparationem unius gurgitis et ~ii Cl 367; 1393 proditorie tondebat monetam nostram, viz. nobilia, ~ia nobilia, quadrantes de auro, grossos, ~ios grossos et denarios de argento Pat 338 m. 17; 1464 (v. denarius 4b). b DB I 218 (v. bos 1a); in dominio est una car[uca] et iiij villani integri et vj ~ii DB I 252; in eadem j presbyter integer et ij dim[idii] DB II 196; in T. xiiij liberi homines; ex istis habuit S. Edmundus commendationem super iiij integros et iiij ~ios DB I 284v (cf. DB I 285v: ij ~ii liberi homines); in W. j bor[darius] et dim[idius] DB I 286; DB I 206; RDomin 42 (v. carruca 3a); †1092 (12c) R. comes [Norhunbrensis] ‥ clamavit ‥ episcopo ‥ omnes praedictas calumnias ‥ quietas, sc. has, ~ium latronem et ~ium fracture pacis ‥ (Ch. Will. II) Feod. Durh. p. lxxxii (cf. (v. 2 infra)). c a1190 servicium ‥ quantum pertinet ad feudum ~ii militis Ch. Gilb. 17; 1223 de feodo ~ii militis Pat 416; 1234 Hereman ‥ tenet ~iam virgatam terre ‥ et debet habere ghestum ad Natale sicut ~ius virgatarius Cust. Glast. 127; 1278 liberavi eidem homag[ia], viz‥. Cecilium ‥ et Johannem ‥, ~ios virgatarios ‥; item Willelmum ‥ et Walterum ‥ tenentes quartam partem j virgate terre, cum eorum serviciis AncD A 13636; 1300 ij virgatarii, xxiij ~ii virgatarii IPM 95/7; 1325 sunt ibidem v ~ii ferdellarii ‥; et unusquisque illorum debet facere ‥ medietatem servicii j ferdellarii IPM 81/20. d DB II 106 (v. blancus 1b); ad magnum munus prefulsit amiculus unus [ingl.: ‘~‥ ego nullum habeo amicum, set adhuc credo habere ~ium amicum’] Garl. Mor. Scol. 609; s1312‥ rex ‥ domino †Thoma [l. Thome] ‥ filio suo ex secunda regina genito, fratri regis hujus ~io, comitatum ‥ donavit Wals. HA I 131. e 1344 nullus exponat blada vendicioni apud Ripam Regine nec Billyngesgate ante ~iam primam (LBLond. F f. 81) MGL I 693; 1385 Martinus ‥ circa ~iam primam conti[n]gebat ambulare per grangiam IMisc 234/5. 2 (as sb. n.) a half. si reddere vult ‥ pecuniam ‥ levior erit penitentia, i. e. ~io spatii Theod. Pen. I 4. 1; conditum est ‥ corpus in sarcofago ‥, quod primum toto Dei famuli corpori quasi dimedium pedis brevius inventum est Alcuin WillP 25; 803 (11c) archiepiscopus Deneberhtum rogabat dimedia sibi hujus praestare CS 309; sic tamen es sine omni spatio ut nec medium nec ~ium nec ulla pars sit in te Anselm (Prosl. 21) I 116; he adjectiones, dum ~ium diei aut eo minus, non computantur, eritque annus cccliiij dierum Adel. Elk. 1; 1296 de Johanne le Cartere, quia emit et vendit cum catallis Johannis ‥ capellani ad ~ium lucri et ea advocat tanquam sua propria Leet Norw. 48; 13‥ sub pena dimedii marce Conc. Scot. II 67; 1435 quam summam [xij nobilium] solverunt ‥ in xxiiij ~iis ExchScot 641; 1460 duabus ulnis cum dimedio Ib. VII 36; 1476 de firmis dimedie [sic] de Drumcors Ib. 333; 1467 sigilletur super preceptum ~ium sigilli MunAcOx 726.

dīmĭdĭus, (10) a, um (dis, medius), demi : dimidia pars terræ Cic. Nat. 2, 103, la moitié de la terre, cf. Cæs. G. 6, 31, 5 ; dimidius patrum, dimidius plebis Liv. 4, 2, 6, moitié patricien, moitié plébéien ; dimidius Priapus Mart. 11, 18, 22, buste de Priape || v. dimidia, dimidium.

dīmidius, a, um (dis-¹ en medius) half, voor de helft [spatium; pars de helft].

dimidius , a, um. adj.
半。Aquam coquere ad dimidias 煮水成半。

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, Vox in re monetaria non antiqua ; cum enim nummi speciei præponitur, non auget numerum, sed de eo Dimidium demendum docet. Verbi gratia, quintus Dimidius solidus, est quartus solidus cum dimidio, et ita de cæteris. Lex Rip. tit. 20 : Quinto Dimidio solido culpab. judicetur. Tit. 24 : Tertio Dimidio solido culpab. judic. Tit. 34. § 3 : Unusquisque octavo semisolido mulctetur. Tit. 58. § 9 : Octavo Dimidio solido culpab. judicetur. Fœdus Alfredi et Godrini Regum cap. 4 : Reddat 34. solid. cum Anglis et cum Danis tres Dimidias marcas. Leges Ethelredi Regis cap. 16 : Reddat unusquisque 6. Dimidias marcas. In Speculo Saxon : Quartus Dimidius nummus. Ita Græci τρίτον ἡμιοβόλιον pro duobus obolis et semis, dicebant ἕβδομον ἡμιτάλαντον, pro sex talentis cum dimidio, uti observatum a Casaubono ad Theophrasti Characteres. Vide Jac. Gothofredum ad leg. 4. Cod. Th. de Suariis (14, 4.), ubi de Semidecima, et infra in voce Nondecem. Confer. J. Grimmii Grammat. German. tom. 2. pag. 950.

dīmidius adj.

dis- + medius, half, one half: pro dimidiā parte: rex dimidiae partis Eburonum, Cs.—Fig., of descent: dimidius patrum, dimidius plebis, half patrician and half plebeian, L.—Broken in two, broken: crus, Iu.: voltūs, mutilated, Iu.

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