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3 sēmis
sēmis issis, m [semi+as], a half-unit, one half: HS singulos semīs accessionis dare, i. e. one and a half sesterces of premium (on each medimnus): bina iugera et semisses agri adsignati, L.— Half an as: non semissis homo, not worth a groat: (ad quincuncem) redit uncia, quid fit? Semis, H. — Plur abl., as monthly interest, at one half per cent. a month, at half a denarius for each hundred (i. e. six per cent. per annum): semissibus magna copia (pecuniae) est.* * *half as; half; half of any unit; 6 percent per annum (1/2% per month) -
4 semis
sēmis, issis (in Vitr., Front., and Pall. indecl., e.g. duo semis pedes, Pall. Febr. 9, 10:I.duobus semis pedibus,
id. Jan. 10, 3; 13, 7:diametros octo semis,
Vitr. 4, 1:passuum milium et semis,
Front. Aquaed. 7; cf.:habere duos et semis cubitos,
Vulg. Exod. 25, 10 al.), m. [cf. semi-; Gr. hêmi-, hêmisu], a half, half-unity, a semi-unit (v. as, I.).In gen. (very rare for the usual dimidium):II.sex domini semissem Africae possidebant,
Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 35:patrimonii,
Dig. 36, 1, 78, § 7:e libertorum defunctorum bonis,
Suet. Ner. 32:cum alter semissem, alter universa fratre excluso (sibi vindicaret),
Quint. 7, 1, 62:panem semissem ponebat supra torum,
Petr. 64, 6.—In partic. (freq. and class.).A.As a coin,1.Half an as, a semi -as, Varr. L. L. 5, § 171 Müll.; cf. Prisc. p. 708 P.; Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 44:2.lex frumentaria de semissibus et trientibus,
Auct. Her. 1, 12, 21; Cic. Sest. 25, 55; Liv. Epit. 60; Ascon. ap. Cic. Pis. 4, p. 9 Orell.; hence, non semissis homo, not worth a groat, i. e. good for nothing, worthless, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10 a, 1:quid fit! Semis,
Hor. A. P. 330.—In the times of the later emperors, as a gold coin, a half aureus (containing 59.8 grains of gold, or the present value of 10 s. 6 3/4 d. sterling), Lampr. Alex. Sev. 39.—B.As a rate of interest, one half per cent. a month, or, acc. to our mode of computation, six per cent. a year (cf.:C.bes, triens, etc.): semissibus magna copia (pecuniae) est,
Cic. Fam. 5, 6, 2:usura multiplicata semissibus,
Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 56:usura semissium,
Col. 3, 3, 9 sq.;for which also, reversely: semisses usurarum,
id. 3, 3, 9;and in apposition: semisses usuras promisit,
Dig. 22, 1, 13; 22, 45, 134; 46, 3, 102 fin. —As a measure of dimension.1.Half a juger of land:2.bina jugera et semisses agri assignati,
Liv. 6, 16 fin.; cf. Col. 5, 1, 11; Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 178.—A half-foot, half a foot:3.interesse sesquipedes inter bina semina in latitudinem, in longitudinem semisses,
Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 160:campestris locus alte duos pedes et semissem infodiendus est,
Col. 3, 13, 8; Vitr. 4, 1; Front. Aquaed. 7; Pall. Jan. 10, 2; 10, 4; 13, 7; id. Febr. 9, 10 et saep.; Veg. 5, 40, 3; 3, 11, 4.—Half a cubit:D.cubitum ac semissem,
Vulg. Exod. 25, 17.—Among mathematicians, the number three, Vitr. 3, 1, 6; cf. as fin. -
5 dimidia
I.As an adj., until the Aug. per. only in connection with pars, e. g.:II.dimidiam partem nationum subegit,
Plaut. Curc. 3, 77; id. Aul. 4, 10, 37; id. Rud. 4, 4, 79; Lucr. 1, 618 sq.; 5, 720; Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 103; id. Rosc. Com. 11, 32; id. Fam. 13, 29, 4; Caes. B. G. 6, 31, 5; id. B. C. 1, 27; 3, 101 (twice); Sall. J. 64, 5; Suet. Caes. 42; Front. Strat. 2, 3, 21; Ov. F. 5, 122; id. Tr. 1, 2, 44 et saep.—Since the Aug. per., esp. in poets, also with other substantives, instead of dimidiatus (v. dimidio), divided into two equal parts, halved:III.mullus (opp. lupus totus),
Mart. 2, 37, 4:crus,
Juv. 13, 95:vultus,
id. 15, 57:Memnone,
id. 15, 5:forma circuli,
Plin. 2, 59, 60, § 150:clepsydrae,
id. Ep. 6, 2, 5:labro basia dare,
i. e. slightly, Mart. 2, 10 and 22;so of busts: Priapus,
Mart. 11, 18; cf. Cicero's pun on the half-length likeness of his brother Quintus: frater meus dimidius major est quam totus, in Macr. S. 2, 3 (the word dimidius, for dimidiatus, belongs prob. to Macr. himself).—Trop., so of persons of mixed descent:A.dimidius patrum, dimidius plebis,
half patrician and half plebeian, Liv. 4, 2, 6. —Hence, subst.dīmidium, ii, n., the half (very freq. in all periods and kinds of writing): horae, Lucil. ap. Gell. 3, 14, 11; so with gen., Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 73; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 67; 71 et saep.; absol., Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 87; id. Ps. 4, 7, 68; 5, 2, 29; id. Pers. 1, 2, 17 et saep.; abl. dimidio, with comparatives:2.dimidio minus opinor,
less by half, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 35; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2; id. Fl. 20, 46; id. Verr. 2, 3, 33; Caes. B. G. 5, 13, 2; Hor. S. 2, 3, 318 et saep.—Like a comp. with quam:B.vix dimidium militum quam quod acceperat successori tradidit,
Liv. 35, 1, 2; 45, 18, 7.—Prov.:dimidium facti, qui coepit, habet,
well begun is half done, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 40; cf. Aus. Ep. 81.— -
6 dimidius
I.As an adj., until the Aug. per. only in connection with pars, e. g.:II.dimidiam partem nationum subegit,
Plaut. Curc. 3, 77; id. Aul. 4, 10, 37; id. Rud. 4, 4, 79; Lucr. 1, 618 sq.; 5, 720; Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 103; id. Rosc. Com. 11, 32; id. Fam. 13, 29, 4; Caes. B. G. 6, 31, 5; id. B. C. 1, 27; 3, 101 (twice); Sall. J. 64, 5; Suet. Caes. 42; Front. Strat. 2, 3, 21; Ov. F. 5, 122; id. Tr. 1, 2, 44 et saep.—Since the Aug. per., esp. in poets, also with other substantives, instead of dimidiatus (v. dimidio), divided into two equal parts, halved:III.mullus (opp. lupus totus),
Mart. 2, 37, 4:crus,
Juv. 13, 95:vultus,
id. 15, 57:Memnone,
id. 15, 5:forma circuli,
Plin. 2, 59, 60, § 150:clepsydrae,
id. Ep. 6, 2, 5:labro basia dare,
i. e. slightly, Mart. 2, 10 and 22;so of busts: Priapus,
Mart. 11, 18; cf. Cicero's pun on the half-length likeness of his brother Quintus: frater meus dimidius major est quam totus, in Macr. S. 2, 3 (the word dimidius, for dimidiatus, belongs prob. to Macr. himself).—Trop., so of persons of mixed descent:A.dimidius patrum, dimidius plebis,
half patrician and half plebeian, Liv. 4, 2, 6. —Hence, subst.dīmidium, ii, n., the half (very freq. in all periods and kinds of writing): horae, Lucil. ap. Gell. 3, 14, 11; so with gen., Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 73; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 67; 71 et saep.; absol., Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 87; id. Ps. 4, 7, 68; 5, 2, 29; id. Pers. 1, 2, 17 et saep.; abl. dimidio, with comparatives:2.dimidio minus opinor,
less by half, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 35; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2; id. Fl. 20, 46; id. Verr. 2, 3, 33; Caes. B. G. 5, 13, 2; Hor. S. 2, 3, 318 et saep.—Like a comp. with quam:B.vix dimidium militum quam quod acceperat successori tradidit,
Liv. 35, 1, 2; 45, 18, 7.—Prov.:dimidium facti, qui coepit, habet,
well begun is half done, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 40; cf. Aus. Ep. 81.— -
7 Gemini
gĕmĭnus, a, um, adj. [cf.: gener, genui (gigno)], born at the same time, twin-born, twin - (class.).I.Lit.A.Adj.:B.tibi sunt gemini et trigemini filii,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 123:filios parere,
id. Am. 5, 1, 36:C. et L. Fabricii fratres gemini fuerunt ex municipio Aletrinati,
twin-brothers, Cic. Clu. 16, 46;v. frater: sorores,
Ov. M. 4, 774; Hor. C. 4, 7, 5; cf.:soror gemina germana,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 30:pueri,
Verg. A. 8, 631:proles,
id. ib. 1, 274: dei (i. e. Apollo and Diana), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 425 Vahl.):partus,
Liv. 1, 4, 2:Castor,
i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. A. A. 1, 746; cf.Pollux,
Hor. C. 3, 29, 64:nec gemino bellum Trojanum orditur ab ovo,
i. e. from Helen, the twin-daughter of Leda, id. A. P. 147:fratres, Amphion atque Zethus,
id. Ep. 1, 18, 41:Quirini,
i. e. Romulus and Remus, Juv. 11, 105.—Comically in the sup.: To. Hic ejus geminust frater. Do. Hicine'st? To. Ac geminissimus, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 49.—Subst.: gĕmĭni, ōrum, m., twins:2.Servilii, qui gemini fuerunt... ut mater geminos internoscit consuetudine oculorum, sic, etc.,
Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 56 sq.; cf.:geminorum formas esse similes,
id. Div. 2, 43, 90; Liv. 1, 6, 4.—Of beasts:(asina) raro geminos parit,
Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 168.—In partic.a.Gemini, as a constellation, The Twins (Castor and Pollux;b.acc. to others, Apollo and Hercules),
Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 281; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7; called also geminum astrum, Col. poët. 10, 312.—Acc. to the Gr. didumoi, the testicles, i. q. testiculi (late Lat.), Sol. 13; Amm. 16, 7.—II.Transf.A.In gen., paired, double, two-fold, both, two, = duplex, duo:B.gemino lucernae lumine declarari, dissensionem et seditionem moveri,
Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120; cf.:ex unis geminas mihi conficies nuptias,
Ter. And. 4, 1, 51:et tripodes gemini,
Verg. A. 9, 265:cum quaererent alii Numerium, alii Quintium, gemini nominis errore servatus est (Numerius Quintius),
Cic. Sest. 38, 82:sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera, etc.,
Verg. A. 6, 894:scopuli,
id. ib. 1, 162; cf.:vos, geminae voragines rei publicae,
Cic. Pis. 18, 41:huc geminas nunc flecte acies,
your pair of eyes, both eyes, Verg. A. 6, 788:tempora,
id. ib. 5, 416:nares,
id. G. 4, 300:cornua (Eridani),
id. ib. 4, 371:manus,
Mart. 10, 10, 10:pedes,
Ov. F. 2, 154;for which: pes,
id. A. A. 2, 644:geminae (vites),
Col. 3, 2, 10 (for which:gemellae vites,
Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 21):aliae (percussiones numerorum) sunt geminae,
double, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; cf.:geminis vocalibus,
Quint. 1, 7, 14:M gemina,
id. ib. 8: geminique tulit Chironis in antrum, double-formed (half man, half horse), Ov. M. 2, 630; 6, 126; cf.:corpus Tritonis (half man and half fish),
Stat. S. 3, 2, 35: Cecrops (acc. to a myth, half man and half serpent, or half man and half woman;or else as Egyptian and Greek),
Ov. M. 2, 555: GEMINA LEGIO, a double legion (formed out of two legions), epithet of the tenth legion in Hispania, Inscr. Orell. 72 sq.; 1214; 2090;3376 al. (for which: gemella legio,
Caes. B. C. 3, 4, 1; cf. Tac. H. 2, 58): cum geminis exsurgit mensa lucernis, seen double by one in drink, Juv. 6, 305.—Resembling, similar, like, as twins:VOLO, MI FRATER, FRATERCULO TUO CREDAS: consorti quidem in lucris atque in furtis, gemino et simillimo nequitia, improbitate, audaciā,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155; cf.:Dolabella et Antonius... ecce tibi geminum in scelere par,
a twin-pair, id. Phil. 11, 1, 2; Varr. L. L. 9, § 92:par est avaritia, similis improbitas, eadem impudentia, gemina audacia,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118 fin.; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 18, 55:quae (memoria) est gemina litteraturae quodammodo et in dissimili genere persimilis,
twin-sister, id. Part. 7, 26 (al. germana): illud vero geminum consiliis Catilinae et Lentuli, quod me domo mea expulistis, like, similar, id. Pis. 7, 16; cf.:ambobus geminus cupido laudis,
Sil. 4, 99. -
8 gemini
gĕmĭnus, a, um, adj. [cf.: gener, genui (gigno)], born at the same time, twin-born, twin - (class.).I.Lit.A.Adj.:B.tibi sunt gemini et trigemini filii,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 123:filios parere,
id. Am. 5, 1, 36:C. et L. Fabricii fratres gemini fuerunt ex municipio Aletrinati,
twin-brothers, Cic. Clu. 16, 46;v. frater: sorores,
Ov. M. 4, 774; Hor. C. 4, 7, 5; cf.:soror gemina germana,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 30:pueri,
Verg. A. 8, 631:proles,
id. ib. 1, 274: dei (i. e. Apollo and Diana), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 425 Vahl.):partus,
Liv. 1, 4, 2:Castor,
i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. A. A. 1, 746; cf.Pollux,
Hor. C. 3, 29, 64:nec gemino bellum Trojanum orditur ab ovo,
i. e. from Helen, the twin-daughter of Leda, id. A. P. 147:fratres, Amphion atque Zethus,
id. Ep. 1, 18, 41:Quirini,
i. e. Romulus and Remus, Juv. 11, 105.—Comically in the sup.: To. Hic ejus geminust frater. Do. Hicine'st? To. Ac geminissimus, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 49.—Subst.: gĕmĭni, ōrum, m., twins:2.Servilii, qui gemini fuerunt... ut mater geminos internoscit consuetudine oculorum, sic, etc.,
Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 56 sq.; cf.:geminorum formas esse similes,
id. Div. 2, 43, 90; Liv. 1, 6, 4.—Of beasts:(asina) raro geminos parit,
Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 168.—In partic.a.Gemini, as a constellation, The Twins (Castor and Pollux;b.acc. to others, Apollo and Hercules),
Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 281; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7; called also geminum astrum, Col. poët. 10, 312.—Acc. to the Gr. didumoi, the testicles, i. q. testiculi (late Lat.), Sol. 13; Amm. 16, 7.—II.Transf.A.In gen., paired, double, two-fold, both, two, = duplex, duo:B.gemino lucernae lumine declarari, dissensionem et seditionem moveri,
Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120; cf.:ex unis geminas mihi conficies nuptias,
Ter. And. 4, 1, 51:et tripodes gemini,
Verg. A. 9, 265:cum quaererent alii Numerium, alii Quintium, gemini nominis errore servatus est (Numerius Quintius),
Cic. Sest. 38, 82:sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera, etc.,
Verg. A. 6, 894:scopuli,
id. ib. 1, 162; cf.:vos, geminae voragines rei publicae,
Cic. Pis. 18, 41:huc geminas nunc flecte acies,
your pair of eyes, both eyes, Verg. A. 6, 788:tempora,
id. ib. 5, 416:nares,
id. G. 4, 300:cornua (Eridani),
id. ib. 4, 371:manus,
Mart. 10, 10, 10:pedes,
Ov. F. 2, 154;for which: pes,
id. A. A. 2, 644:geminae (vites),
Col. 3, 2, 10 (for which:gemellae vites,
Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 21):aliae (percussiones numerorum) sunt geminae,
double, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; cf.:geminis vocalibus,
Quint. 1, 7, 14:M gemina,
id. ib. 8: geminique tulit Chironis in antrum, double-formed (half man, half horse), Ov. M. 2, 630; 6, 126; cf.:corpus Tritonis (half man and half fish),
Stat. S. 3, 2, 35: Cecrops (acc. to a myth, half man and half serpent, or half man and half woman;or else as Egyptian and Greek),
Ov. M. 2, 555: GEMINA LEGIO, a double legion (formed out of two legions), epithet of the tenth legion in Hispania, Inscr. Orell. 72 sq.; 1214; 2090;3376 al. (for which: gemella legio,
Caes. B. C. 3, 4, 1; cf. Tac. H. 2, 58): cum geminis exsurgit mensa lucernis, seen double by one in drink, Juv. 6, 305.—Resembling, similar, like, as twins:VOLO, MI FRATER, FRATERCULO TUO CREDAS: consorti quidem in lucris atque in furtis, gemino et simillimo nequitia, improbitate, audaciā,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155; cf.:Dolabella et Antonius... ecce tibi geminum in scelere par,
a twin-pair, id. Phil. 11, 1, 2; Varr. L. L. 9, § 92:par est avaritia, similis improbitas, eadem impudentia, gemina audacia,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118 fin.; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 18, 55:quae (memoria) est gemina litteraturae quodammodo et in dissimili genere persimilis,
twin-sister, id. Part. 7, 26 (al. germana): illud vero geminum consiliis Catilinae et Lentuli, quod me domo mea expulistis, like, similar, id. Pis. 7, 16; cf.:ambobus geminus cupido laudis,
Sil. 4, 99. -
9 geminus
gĕmĭnus, a, um, adj. [cf.: gener, genui (gigno)], born at the same time, twin-born, twin - (class.).I.Lit.A.Adj.:B.tibi sunt gemini et trigemini filii,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 123:filios parere,
id. Am. 5, 1, 36:C. et L. Fabricii fratres gemini fuerunt ex municipio Aletrinati,
twin-brothers, Cic. Clu. 16, 46;v. frater: sorores,
Ov. M. 4, 774; Hor. C. 4, 7, 5; cf.:soror gemina germana,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 30:pueri,
Verg. A. 8, 631:proles,
id. ib. 1, 274: dei (i. e. Apollo and Diana), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 425 Vahl.):partus,
Liv. 1, 4, 2:Castor,
i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. A. A. 1, 746; cf.Pollux,
Hor. C. 3, 29, 64:nec gemino bellum Trojanum orditur ab ovo,
i. e. from Helen, the twin-daughter of Leda, id. A. P. 147:fratres, Amphion atque Zethus,
id. Ep. 1, 18, 41:Quirini,
i. e. Romulus and Remus, Juv. 11, 105.—Comically in the sup.: To. Hic ejus geminust frater. Do. Hicine'st? To. Ac geminissimus, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 49.—Subst.: gĕmĭni, ōrum, m., twins:2.Servilii, qui gemini fuerunt... ut mater geminos internoscit consuetudine oculorum, sic, etc.,
Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 56 sq.; cf.:geminorum formas esse similes,
id. Div. 2, 43, 90; Liv. 1, 6, 4.—Of beasts:(asina) raro geminos parit,
Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 168.—In partic.a.Gemini, as a constellation, The Twins (Castor and Pollux;b.acc. to others, Apollo and Hercules),
Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 281; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7; called also geminum astrum, Col. poët. 10, 312.—Acc. to the Gr. didumoi, the testicles, i. q. testiculi (late Lat.), Sol. 13; Amm. 16, 7.—II.Transf.A.In gen., paired, double, two-fold, both, two, = duplex, duo:B.gemino lucernae lumine declarari, dissensionem et seditionem moveri,
Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120; cf.:ex unis geminas mihi conficies nuptias,
Ter. And. 4, 1, 51:et tripodes gemini,
Verg. A. 9, 265:cum quaererent alii Numerium, alii Quintium, gemini nominis errore servatus est (Numerius Quintius),
Cic. Sest. 38, 82:sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera, etc.,
Verg. A. 6, 894:scopuli,
id. ib. 1, 162; cf.:vos, geminae voragines rei publicae,
Cic. Pis. 18, 41:huc geminas nunc flecte acies,
your pair of eyes, both eyes, Verg. A. 6, 788:tempora,
id. ib. 5, 416:nares,
id. G. 4, 300:cornua (Eridani),
id. ib. 4, 371:manus,
Mart. 10, 10, 10:pedes,
Ov. F. 2, 154;for which: pes,
id. A. A. 2, 644:geminae (vites),
Col. 3, 2, 10 (for which:gemellae vites,
Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 21):aliae (percussiones numerorum) sunt geminae,
double, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; cf.:geminis vocalibus,
Quint. 1, 7, 14:M gemina,
id. ib. 8: geminique tulit Chironis in antrum, double-formed (half man, half horse), Ov. M. 2, 630; 6, 126; cf.:corpus Tritonis (half man and half fish),
Stat. S. 3, 2, 35: Cecrops (acc. to a myth, half man and half serpent, or half man and half woman;or else as Egyptian and Greek),
Ov. M. 2, 555: GEMINA LEGIO, a double legion (formed out of two legions), epithet of the tenth legion in Hispania, Inscr. Orell. 72 sq.; 1214; 2090;3376 al. (for which: gemella legio,
Caes. B. C. 3, 4, 1; cf. Tac. H. 2, 58): cum geminis exsurgit mensa lucernis, seen double by one in drink, Juv. 6, 305.—Resembling, similar, like, as twins:VOLO, MI FRATER, FRATERCULO TUO CREDAS: consorti quidem in lucris atque in furtis, gemino et simillimo nequitia, improbitate, audaciā,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155; cf.:Dolabella et Antonius... ecce tibi geminum in scelere par,
a twin-pair, id. Phil. 11, 1, 2; Varr. L. L. 9, § 92:par est avaritia, similis improbitas, eadem impudentia, gemina audacia,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118 fin.; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 18, 55:quae (memoria) est gemina litteraturae quodammodo et in dissimili genere persimilis,
twin-sister, id. Part. 7, 26 (al. germana): illud vero geminum consiliis Catilinae et Lentuli, quod me domo mea expulistis, like, similar, id. Pis. 7, 16; cf.:ambobus geminus cupido laudis,
Sil. 4, 99. -
10 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. -
11 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. -
12 dīmidium
dīmidium ī, n [dimidius], the half: Vix dum dimidium dixeram, was hardly half through, T.: ut ne minus dimidium ad illum perveniret: quos dimidio redderet stultiores, by half: Hibernia dimidio minor quam, etc., Cs.: Maior dimidio, H.: minus dimidio hostium quam antea occisum, L. —Prov.: Dimidium facti, qui coepit, habet, well begun is half done, H.* * * -
13 dīmidius
dīmidius adj. [dis- + medius], half, one half: pro dimidiā parte: rex dimidiae partis Eburonum, Cs.—Fig., of descent: dimidius patrum, dimidius plebis, half patrician and half plebeian, L.— Broken in two, broken: crus, Iu.: voltūs, mutilated, Iu.* * *dimidia, dimidium ADJhalf; broken -
14 sēmi-rutus
sēmi-rutus adj., half-razed, half-overthrown, half-demolished, half-destroyed, half-ruined: murus, L.: tecta, L.: castella, L.: patria, L. -
15 semiruta
sēmĭ-rŭtus, a, um, adj. [ruo], halfpulled down, half-overthrown, half-demolished, half-destroyed, half-ruined (not anteAug.;freq. in the historians, esp. in Liv.): murus,
Liv. 31, 26; 32, 17:tecta,
id. 10, 4; Luc. 1, 24:vallum,
Tac. A. 1, 61:castella,
Liv. 28, 44; Tac. A. 4, 25:urbs,
Liv. 5, 49; 31, 24:plus negotii fuit cum semirutā Karthagine quam cum integrā,
Flor. 2, 15, 13:patria,
Liv. 26, 32 et saep.:telae confuso stamine,
half-torn, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 155. — Neutr. plur. as subst.: sēmĭrŭta, ōrum, n.:partim per semiruta partim scalis integros muros transcendere,
the halfdemolished parts of the wall, Liv. 36, 24, 6 (dub.;Weissenb. semirutos): semiruta moenium,
App. Flor. 2, p. 350, 30. -
16 semirutus
sēmĭ-rŭtus, a, um, adj. [ruo], halfpulled down, half-overthrown, half-demolished, half-destroyed, half-ruined (not anteAug.;freq. in the historians, esp. in Liv.): murus,
Liv. 31, 26; 32, 17:tecta,
id. 10, 4; Luc. 1, 24:vallum,
Tac. A. 1, 61:castella,
Liv. 28, 44; Tac. A. 4, 25:urbs,
Liv. 5, 49; 31, 24:plus negotii fuit cum semirutā Karthagine quam cum integrā,
Flor. 2, 15, 13:patria,
Liv. 26, 32 et saep.:telae confuso stamine,
half-torn, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 155. — Neutr. plur. as subst.: sēmĭrŭta, ōrum, n.:partim per semiruta partim scalis integros muros transcendere,
the halfdemolished parts of the wall, Liv. 36, 24, 6 (dub.;Weissenb. semirutos): semiruta moenium,
App. Flor. 2, p. 350, 30. -
17 Centaurus
Centaurus ī, m a Centaur, a fabled monster, half man, half horse, V., H., O.—Esp., Chiron, H.—A ship's figure-head, V.—A southern constellation.* * *centaur, a mythical creature, half man and half horse; name of constellation -
18 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 -
19 sēmi-homo (sēmho-)
sēmi-homo (sēmho-) inis, m a half-man, half-beast: Centauri, O.—Fig., half-human, halfwild, half-savage: Cacus, V. -
20 sēsqui
sēsqui adv. num. [cf. semis], one half, by a half: pars aequalis alteri aut sesqui maior.* * *one and a half times/more; more by half
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