semivir
Latin
Etymology
From semi- (“half”) + vir (“man”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈseː.mi.u̯ir/, [ˈs̠eːmiu̯ɪr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈse.mi.vir/, [ˈsɛːmivir]
Noun
sēmivir m (genitive sēmivirī); second declension
- a half-man, semihomo
- half man and half beast, e.g., the centaur Chiron
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.379-380:
- Nocte minus quārtā prōmet sua sīdera Chīrōn
sēmivir et flāvī corpore mixtus equī.- [One] less [than] the fourth night, Chiron will bring forth his stars:
a half-man, and joined with the body of a tawny horse.
(See: Centaur; Chiron; Centaurus.)
- [One] less [than] the fourth night, Chiron will bring forth his stars:
- Nocte minus quārtā prōmet sua sīdera Chīrōn
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -r).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | sēmivir | sēmivirī |
Genitive | sēmivirī | sēmivirōrum |
Dative | sēmivirō | sēmivirīs |
Accusative | sēmivirum | sēmivirōs |
Ablative | sēmivirō | sēmivirīs |
Vocative | sēmivir | sēmivirī |
References
- “semivir”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- semivir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette