Dimidium, dij, n. g. Substant. Plaut.Halfe part.Dimidia pars.Plaut.The halfe part.Dimidius modius.Liu.Halfe a bushel.Dimidias clepsidras dixit Plinius in epistolis, pro Dimidiatis. teste Budæo. Dimidium facti qui cœpit habet. Hor. He that hath well begun hath halfe ended.Dimidio minoris constabit aliquid. Cice. It wil cost lesse by the halfe.Pecuniæ dimidium alicui curare.Cic.Ad dimidias decoquere, Vide in præpositione Ad.Soluere dimidium. Quint. Dimidium qum. Li. Vt vix dimidium militum, qum quod acceperat, successori tradiderit. That he did scantly deliuer halfe the souldiers that he receiued.Dimidio. Ablatiuus. By the halfe. vt, Dimidio carius. C. Dearer by the halfe.Dimidio minus, & Dimidio minoris. Plau. Lesse by the half or better cheape by the balfe.Minus dimidium, pro Dimidio minus.Cic.Dimidio plus scripsit Clodia.Cic.Dimidio ferè pluris qum superiore anno.Cic.Dimidio stultior.Cic.More foole by halfe.