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A). the half-indefinite, a figure of speech expressing certainty as to the genus but doubt as to the species (e.g. Virg. Aen. 8.352 ), Sacerd. p.469K.

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the half-indefinite

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ἡμιάστατον

Headword (normalized):

ἡμιάστατον

Headword (normalized/stripped):

ημιαστατον

IDX:

47042

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-47043

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