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because he is half goat and half fish. Virg. 
pectus Tritonis.-IT Also, of animals, 
half-wild. Plin. Glires, semiferum ani¬ 
mal. - 11 Also, of persons, half wild, 
of wil'd or rough manners. Plin. 
Se.MIFoRMIS = (semi & forma), e, adj. 
2 half-formed, imperfect, ypiuopipos- Co- 
lum. pulli. id. luna, a lialf-moon. 
SEMIFuLTOS (semi & fultus), a, urn, 
3 adj. half-propped of supported. Martial. 
SeMIFOMaNS (semi & fuinans), tis, 
3 adj. half-smoking. Sidon. 
SeMIFONIUM (semi & funis), ii, n. a 
3 half-rope ; a cord. Cato. 
SeMIG/ETuLOS (semi & Gajtulus), i, m. 
3 half-Owtulian, half a Gaetuliaa. Apul. 
SeMIGeRMaNOS (semi & Germanus),a, 
2 um. adj. half-German. Liu. gens. 
Se.MTGR/ECk (semigrsecus), adv. lialfaf- 
3 ter the manner of the Greeks. Lucil. 
SisMlGRyECflS (semi & Grsecus), a, um 
2 adj. half a Greek, half-Greek, half-Gre¬ 
cian, fipteXXrtv. Varr. 
SeMIGRAVIS (semi & gravis), e, adj. 
2 half-oppressed. Hence, half-intoxicated. 
Liv. 
SeMYGRS (se &migro), as, n. 1. to remove 
apart, airoudoi. Cic. 
SeMIHIaNS (semi & Ilians), tis, adj. lialf- 
3 open. Catull. 
SeMIHIOLCOS (semi & hiulcus), a, um 
3 adj. half-open. Gell. ex poeta. 
SeMIIIOMS (semi & homo), inis, m. half 
3 man, half beast, half human, fiitiavOpimrus 
Ooid. Semihomines Centauri.-IT Al¬ 
so, a savage, wild, fierce man. Virg. 
Semihomo Cacus. 
SeMIHoRX (semi & hora), x, f. half an 
hour ; a half-hour, fiutcbpiov. Cic. 
SexMIJeJuNTUM (semi & jejunium), ii, n. 
3 a half-fast, half a fast-day. _ Tertull. 
SeMIINaNIS, and SeMINaNIS (semi& 
2 inanis), e, adj. half empty or void, not 
quite full. Plin. 
SeMIINTEGER (semi & integer), egra 
3 egrum, adj. half whole or entire. Am- 
mian. 
SeMIJuGERUM (semi & jugerum), i, n 
2 half an acre (jugerum), iip'nrXstipou. Co¬ 
lam. 
SeMILXCER (semi & lacer), era, erum, 
3 adj. half-tom, fipipanros. Ovid. 
SeMILATER (semi & later), eris, m. a 
2 half-brick. Vit.rue. Ed. Lest. 
SeMILXTERIUM (semi & later), ii, n. half 
3 a tile, ppinXioStov. Vitruv. Ed,. Schneid. 
SeMILAUTOS (semi & lautus), a, um, 
3 adj. half-washed, dirty. Catull. 
SeMILtBER (semi & jiber), era, erum, 
1 adj. half-free, ypuXevSnpos. Cic. 
SeMILJBRA (semi & libra), se, f. half a 
3 pound. Apul. 
SicMILiXX (semi &lixa),se,m. halfasut- 
2 ler, not much better than a sutler. Liv. 
SeMILIXOLA (semi & lixula), se, f. half a 
3 circle, or a small circle made of meal, water 
and cheese. Varr. 
SeMILuNaTICOS (semi & lunaticus), a, 
3 um, adj. half-lunatic. Jul. Firmic. 
SeMIMADIDOS (semi&madidus), a, um, 
2 adj. half wet or moist, rig'i0pox°S- Co- 
lum. 
SeMIMXRINuS (semi femarinus), a,um, 
3 adj. half in the sea. Lucrct. 
SeMIMaS (semi & mas), tiris, m. half 
2 man mid half woman, half male and half 
female, a hermaphrodite, aripdyvvos. Liv. 
_IT Also, castrated, an eunuch, {]giav- 
dpof. Varr. Capi semimares, quod sunt 
castrati. Ovid. Ibunt semimares, et ina- 
nia tympana tundent, Ii. e. the priests 
of Cybcle. Id. ovis, h. e. vervex, a 
wether. 
SeMIMaSCOLOS (semi & masculus), l, 
3 m. half-man, castrated. Fulgent. 
SeMTMaTuRuS (semi & maturus), a, 
3 um, adj. luilf-ripe. Pallad. 
SeMJMeDOS (semi &. Medus), i, m. half 
3 a Median. Apul. 
SeMIMETSPISN, or SeMIMETOPIUM 
2 (semi & metopa), ii, n. half a metopa. 
Vitruv. 
SeMIMITRA (semi & mitra), te, f. h. e. 
3 dimidiamitra. Pandect. 
Be.MIMoRTOOS (semi & mortuus), a, 
3um, adj. half-dead, rj/uSainjs. Catull. 
SeMINaLIS (semen), e, adj. of or belong¬ 
ed tag to seed, serving for sowing or crop, 
seminal, (nreppariKos. Colum. vicia. 
Lactant. veme (in homine). Tertull. 
Seminalia, h. c. segetes. 
SeMINaNIS. See Semiinanis. 
SkMINaRIuS (semen), a, um, adj. relat¬ 
ing to seeds, sets or slips. Cato, pilum, 
h. e. for bruising seed. — Hence, Semi- 
narium, suhst. a nursery, or plantation 
of young trees; a seminary, seedplot, <f>v- 
rcvrfipiov, ibvrwpiov. Parr., Colum. 
and Plin. Figur. Liv. Equites semi- 
narium senatus. Cic. Catilinarium. 
Id. triumphorum. 
SeMINaTIQ (semino), onis, a sowing, 
breeding. Varr. 
SeMINaTOR (Id.), oris, m. a sower, ma- 
1 her, effecter, author, ciropevg. Cic. 
SeMINeX (semi & nex), ecis, or SeMI- 
NECIS, e, adj. half-slain or dead, f]gi- 
aipayris. Liv. homo. Ovid, artus, h. e. 
not yet quite dead, not yet cold. Sil. Se- 
minecem vitam exhalare. - IT Tlie 
nominal, perhaps does not occur. 
SeMINIUM (semen), ii, n. the seed from 
3 which animals are produced, aweppa. 
Plant, and Varr. - IT Also, a race, 
kind, stock, breed. Varr. In semiliiole- 
gendo, h. e. in choosing a good kind for 
breeding. Id. Guo sit seminio quieren- 
dum, h. e. of what breed. 
SEMINS (Id.), as, avi, atnm, a. 1. to sow, 
2 awcioio. Colum. — Hence, to beget, 
breed, generate, engender. Colum.. and 
Plaut. — Figur. to sow, disseminate, 
spread abroad. Lactant. cultum dei per 
terrain_Also, figur. to produce. Virg. 
Viscum quod non sua seminat arbos. 
-IT Also, to sow land. Colum. agrum. 
— Hence, to impregnate. Colum. Tauri 
seininandis arinentis idonei. 
SeMINoSOS (Id.), a, um, ml}, full of seed. 
3 Auct. Priap. 
SEMINuHtiS (semi & nudus), a, um, adj. 
2 half-naked, fipiyvpvos. Liv. 
SeMINOMIDA (semi & Numida), x, m. 
3 a half-Numidian. Apul. 
SeMIOBOLOS (semi & obolus), i, m. half 
3 an obole, fipi<o(36\toy. Rhemn. Fann. 
SeMIoBRuTOS (semi & obrutus), a, um, 
3 adj. half covered over or buried. Apul. 
SfMIONuSTOS (semi & onustus), a, um, 
3 adj. half-laden. Sisenn. 
SeMIoRBIS (semi & orbis), is, m. a semi- 
2 circle, fipiKVKXo s. Senec. 
SeMIPaGaNCS (semi & paganus), i, m. 
3 h. e. not a true poet. Pers. 
SeMIPATeNS (semi & patens), tis, adj. 
3 half-open. Sidon. 
SeMIPEDaLIS (semi & pedalis), e, adj. 
2 half a foot in length, fiptnoSiaios- Plin. 
altitudo. Vitruv. altitudo. 
SeMIPEDaNEOS (semi & pedaneus), a, 
2 um, adj. same as Semipedaiis. Colum. 
SeMIPERaCTOS (semi & peractus), a, 
3 um, adj. half made or finished. Paulin. 
Nolan. 
SeMIPEReMPTOS (semi & peremptus), 
3 a, um, adj. half destroyed or consumed. 
Tertull. 
SeMIPeRFeCTOS (semi & perfectus), 
2 a, um, adj. half-finished. Sueton. - 
U Also, not quite perfect., imperfect. 
Apul. 
SeMIPeRSA (semi & Persa), te, m. a 
3 half-Persian. Apul. 
SeMIPeS (semi & pes), edis, m. half a 
2 foot, fipindStov. As a measure. Vitruv. 
Laterem longum pede, latum semipede. 
— Also, half a foot of a verse. Gell. 
Varro scripsit, observasse se in versu 
hexametro, quod omni modo quintus 
semipes verbum finiret. - if Also, 
one that is crippled by the loss of one foot, 
and can therefore walk only on one. Pru 
dent. 
SeMIPHALaRICX, or SeMIFXLaRICX 
3 (semi & phalarica, or falarica), te, f. a 
ftat/-falarica or half-pike, h. e. resembling 
it, but smaller. Gell. 
SeMIPISCINA (semi & piscina), te, a 
3 half-fishpond; a small fishpond; a small 
pond. Varr. 
SeMIPLACeNTiNOS (semi & Placenti- 
2 nus), a, um, adj. a half-Placentian, h. e. 
in some respect a Placentian. Cic. 
SeMTPLeNe (semiplenus), adv. half-full, 
3 half-complete, not entire, half, in part. 
Sidon. 
SeMIPLeNPS (semi & plenus), a, um, 
adj. half-fall, not fall, IipiirXeos. Cic. 
naves. - IT Also, half-complete, not 
having its proper number. Vellei. legio. 
Liv. stationes, h. e. not completely man¬ 
ned. 
SeMIPOeLLX (semi & puella), tc, f. a 
3 half-girl, li. e. that is, half girl and half 
bird, as a siren. Auson. 
SeMIPuLLaTOS (semi & pnllatus), a, 
3 um, adj. dressed half in black. Si¬ 
don. 
SeMIPuTaTOS (semi & putatus), a, um, 
3 adj. half or not well cut or pruned, fipi- 
KXaSevros. Virg. 
SEMIRXMIS CZepipapls), is and idis, f. 
a queen of Assyria, celebrated for her 
great mind and wantonvess ; she was the 
wife of king Ninas. — Cicero calls Ga- 
biriius Semiramis, on account of his 
profligacy. — Hence, Semiramius, a, 
um, adj. relating to Semiramis. Ovid. 
sanguis. Martial, acus, li. e. Babylo¬ 
nian. 
SeMIRaSOS (semi & rasus), a, um, adj. 
half-shaven. Catull. 
SeMIREDCCTOS (semi & reductus), a, 
3 um, adj. half or a little bent back. Ovid. 
SeMIREFeCTuS (semi & refectus), a, 
3 um, adj. half or not quite refitted or re¬ 
paired, fipiavaaKtvatTTOs. Ovid. 
SeMIRoBOS (semi & rosus), a, um, adj. 
3 half-gnawed. Arnob. 
SeMIRSTuNDOS (semi & rotundus), a, 
3 um, adj. half-round, semicircular. Apul. 
— Hence, Semirotundum, any thing 
half round; hence, a semicircular sofa 
or couch for reclining on at table, other¬ 
wise called sigma. Apul. Met. 5. (But 
Ed. Oudend. reads differently.) 
SeMIRuPTOS (semi & ruptus), a, um, 
3 adj. half-torn, half broken down. Diet. 
Cretens. 
SeMIROTOS (semi & rutus), a, um, adj. 
2 half pulled down, half destroyed or torn, 
{juifiaXys. Liv. urbs. Id. niurus. 
SeMIS (probably from rjptcv, a half), 
indecl. half, the half of any thing. Co¬ 
lum. Hoc est semis, h. e. that is the half. 
Vitruv. Dividere in partes undecim 
semis, h. e.into eleven and a half parts. 
-IT Also, half an as. Horat. 
SeMISAUCIOS (semi & saucius), a, um, 
3 adj. half-wounded, ftpirpaiTos. Augus¬ 
tin. 
SeMISEPuLTOS (semi & sepultus), a, 
3 um, adj. half-buried, fuiiTa<pfi<;. Odd. 
SeMISeRMS (semi & sermo), onis, m. 
3 half or imperfect language. Hieron. 
SeMISTCCOS (semi & siccus), a, um, 
3 adj. half-dry. Pallad. 
SeMISoMNIS, e, and SEMISoMNOS 
(semi & somnus), a, um, adj. half-asleep, 
lialf-awake, fipivnvof. Cic. Cum illi 
spectarent mimos semisomni. Cal. ap. 
Quintil. Semisomno sopore. 
SeMISONaNS (semi & sonans), tis, adj. 
3 half-sounding. Apul. litera, h. e. semi- 
vocalis. 
SeMISoPITiIS (semi & sopitus), a, um, 
3 adj. half-asleep, fipivnvo(. Apul. 
SeMISOPoROS (semi & soporus), a, um, 
3 adj. half-asleep. Sidon. 
SeMISPXTHX (semi & spatha), ®, f. a 
3 half- spatha, h. e. a sioord which is smaller 
than a spatha. Vcget. 
SeMISSaLIS (semissis), e, adj. relating 
3 to half an as or a half. Pandect, usune, 
h. e. when, of a hundred asses, half an 
as is paid every month, h. e. six per cent. 
SeMISSaRIOS (id.), a, um, same as Sc- 
3 missalis. Pandect, coheres, h. e. who 
inherits a half. 
SEMISSIS (semis & as), is, m. the half of 
an as, a Roman copper coin. I-iv. 
Gracchus legem tulit frumentariarn, 
ut semisse et triente frumentum plebi 
daretur. — Hence, Vatin, in Cic. Ep. 
Homo non semissis, h. e. a worthless 
fellow. — Also, a gold coin, about half a 
ducat. Lamprid. in Alex. Sev. 39. 
IT Also, the half of any thing. Lw. 
agri. Colum. Duos pedes et semissem, 
h. e. two feet and a half. — Hence, r-e- 
mjsses, six per cent.; properly, when, 
of a hundred denarii, asses, &c. halt a 
denarius, as, &c. is paid monthly. Cic. 
Semissibus magna copia est, ft. e. much 
money may be had at six per cent. 
Hence, Colum. Usurffi semissium, ft. r. 
interest at sixper cent. Also, adjectively. 
Pandect. Usurie semisses, ft. e. interest 
at six per cent. -IT Also, with mathe¬ 
maticians, the half of the number s.x, 
h. e. three. Vitruv. -^ Also, asemicn - 
cular instrument with which horses are cau- 
toriied to effect a cure. Vitruv. — Hence, 
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