semivivus
Latin
Etymology
From semi- + vivus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /seː.miˈu̯iː.u̯us/, [s̠eːmiˈu̯iːu̯ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /se.miˈvi.vus/, [semiˈviːvus]
Adjective
sēmivīvus (feminine sēmivīva, neuter sēmivīvum); first/second-declension adjective
- half-alive (almost dead)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | sēmivīvus | sēmivīva | sēmivīvum | sēmivīvī | sēmivīvae | sēmivīva | |
| Genitive | sēmivīvī | sēmivīvae | sēmivīvī | sēmivīvōrum | sēmivīvārum | sēmivīvōrum | |
| Dative | sēmivīvō | sēmivīvō | sēmivīvīs | ||||
| Accusative | sēmivīvum | sēmivīvam | sēmivīvum | sēmivīvōs | sēmivīvās | sēmivīva | |
| Ablative | sēmivīvō | sēmivīvā | sēmivīvō | sēmivīvīs | |||
| Vocative | sēmivīve | sēmivīva | sēmivīvum | sēmivīvī | sēmivīvae | sēmivīva | |
References
- “semivivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “semivivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- semivivus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- semivivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette