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1 bimembris
bimembris e, adj. [bi- + membrum], with double members: puer, half man, half beast, Iu.— Of the Centaurs: forma, O. — Plur m. as subst, the Centaurs: nubigenae, V.: germani, O.* * *ICentaurs (pl.); part man part beastIIbimembris, bimembre ADJhaving limbs of two kinds, part man part beast -
2 semifer
I.Lit.:II.semifer interea divinae stirpis alumno Laetus erat,
i. e. the Centaur Chiron, Ov. M. 2, 633;so of the Centaurs,
id. ib. 12, 406; Stat. Th. 9, 220; Luc. 6, 386: caput Panis, Lucr. 4, 587:pectus (Tritonis),
Verg. A. 10, 212:corpus Capricorni (because half goat and half fish),
Cic. Arat. 59 Orell. N. cr.:species hominum (with portenta),
Lucr. 2, 702 et saep.—Trop., half-wild, half-savage:(Cacus),
Verg. A. 8, 267 (for which, semihomo, id. ib. 194):glires semiferum animal,
Plin. 8, 57, 82, § 224:proles (canis),
Grat. Cyn. 253:genus hominum,
Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 66; Sil. 3, 542. -
3 semihomo
I.Lit.:II.Centauri,
Ov. M. 12, 536 (for which, semiferi, id. ib. 12, 406 al.; v. semifer, I.): mandragoras (because formed below like a man), Col. poët. 10, 19.—Trop., half-human, i. e. half-wild, half-savage, = semifer, II.:Cacus,
Verg. A. 8, 194 (for which, semifer, id. ib. 8, 267):Nasamones,
Sil. 11, 180. -
4 sēmifer
sēmifer fera, ferum, adj. [semi+ferus], halfbestial, half beast: pectus (Tritonis), V.: corpus Capricorni (the Constellation).—As subst m.: Semifer, i. e. the Centaur Chiron, O.: inter Semiferos habitare, i. e. the Centaurs, O.—Fig., halfwild, half-savage.—As subst m., Cacus, V.* * *semifera, semiferum ADJhalf-wild; half-monster -
5 sēmi-homo (sēmho-)
sēmi-homo (sēmho-) inis, m a half-man, half-beast: Centauri, O.—Fig., half-human, halfwild, half-savage: Cacus, V. -
6 bimembres
bĭmembris, e, adj. [bis - membrum], having double members:II.puer,
half man, half beast, Juv. 13, 64; most freq. a poet. epithet of the Centaurs ( half man, half horse; cf. bicorpor and biformis):Centauri bimembres,
Sil. 3, 41:forma bimembris,
Ov. H. 9, 99.—Subst.: bĭmembres, ium, comm., = Centauri, the Centaurs: nubigenae, * Verg. A. 8, 293 Heyn. and Jahn; Ov. M. 12, 240; 12, 494; 15, 283; Stat. Th. 12, 554. -
7 bimembris
bĭmembris, e, adj. [bis - membrum], having double members:II.puer,
half man, half beast, Juv. 13, 64; most freq. a poet. epithet of the Centaurs ( half man, half horse; cf. bicorpor and biformis):Centauri bimembres,
Sil. 3, 41:forma bimembris,
Ov. H. 9, 99.—Subst.: bĭmembres, ium, comm., = Centauri, the Centaurs: nubigenae, * Verg. A. 8, 293 Heyn. and Jahn; Ov. M. 12, 240; 12, 494; 15, 283; Stat. Th. 12, 554. -
8 semivir
sēmĭ-vĭr, vĭri, m. adj., a half-man, i. q. semihomo and semimas (not anteAug.).I.Lit.A.Half man and half beast, e. g. the Centaur Chiron. Ov. F. 5, 380;B.the Minotaur,
id. A. A. 2, 24 (cf. semibos):Nessus,
id. H. 9, 141.—An hermaphrodite, Ov. M. 4, 386; Plin. 11, 49, 110, § 263.—II.Transf., emasculated.A.Lit., of a priest of Cybele (cf. semimas), Juv. 6, 513:B.semiviri chori,
Sil. 17, 20:formosum adulescentem semivirum reddidit,
Lact. 1, 17, 7. —Trop., unmanly, womanish, effeminate:et nunc ille Paris cum semiviro comitatu,
Verg. A. 4, 215:Phryx,
id. ib. 12, 99; Lact. 1, 10, 9; Stat. Achill. 2, 363.—So esp. of debauchees:qui tam atrocem caedem pertinere ad illos semiviros crederent (for which, just before: molles and obsceni viri),
Liv. 33, 28, 7:impure ac semivir,
Luc. 8, 552. -
9 sēmi-vir
sēmi-vir virī, m adj, a half-man, man who is half beast: Chiron (a Centaur), O.: bos (the Minotaur), O.: Nessus, O.— An hermaphrodite, O.— A eunuch: ingens (a priest of Cybele), Iu.— Fig., unmanly, womanish, effeminate: cum semiviro comitatu, V.: tam atrocem caedem pertinere ad illos semiviros credere, L.
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