ἡμισελήνιον · hēmiselēnion — LSJ
half the apparent breadth of the moon
half the apparent breadth of the moon, Ptol. Alm. 9.10.
The corpus record
ἡμισελήνιον
emiselenion · τό
half the apparent breadth of the moon
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