ἡμίονος

A. half-ass, i.e. mule, Il. 10.352, al., Arist. HA 576b11, etc.; ταλαεργός Il. 23.654: prov., γνοίης ὅσσον ὄνων κρέσσονες ἡμίονοι Thgn. 996; ἐφ’ ἡμιόνων on a car drawn by mules, Il. 24.702; εἰς ἡμιόνους ποιεῖν to write an ode on a team of racing-mules, Arist. Rh. 1405b26: prov., ἐπεὰν ἡμίονοι τέκωσι, i.e. never, Hdt. 3.153: metaph., ἡ. βασιλεύς, i.e. half-Mede, half-Persian, Orac. ap. Hdt. 1.55.

2. ἡ. ἀγροτέρα wild ass, onager, Il. 2.852; αἱ ἐν Συρίᾳ καλούμεναι ἡ. Arist. HA 491a2, cf. 580b1, al.

II. as Adj., βρέφος ἡμίονον a mule-foal, Il. 23.266.