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Semisso, as, a. 1. to burn or cauterize in 
the said manner. Vegel. — Perhaps, in 
both passages, semissis denotes the meas¬ 
ure how much is to be burnt. 
SeMiSSS, as. 3 See Semissis, at the end. 
SeMISOPINOS (semi & supinus), a, um, 
3adj. half or partly bent backwards, half- 
supine, ftpurvirnos. Ooid. 
SeMITA (unc.^, ®, f. a narrow way, path, 
foot-path, rpiftog, ol'pq, as in a wood. 
Lie. Simul in silvam ventum est, ubi 
plures divers® semit® erant, cum per- 
paucis via divertit. — Also, in a town, 
a narrow street., thoroughfare. Cic. An- 
gustissim® semit®. — Particularly, the 
causeway for foot-passengers in a street. 
Plant. Nec quisquain sit tam opulentus, 
qui mihi obsistat in via. quin cadat, 
quin capite sistat in via de semita. 
Plin. Arteria, id est spiritus semita. 
Claudian. lun®, li. e. course. - ir Fig- 
ur. Pluedr. AEsopi semitam feci viam, 
li. c. have enlarged upon liis subject. Cic. 
Pecuniam, qua via visa est exire, 
eadem semita revertisse, h. e. in the 
same manner. (But it seems to be 
preferable to read quee for qua, and ean- 
dem for eadem; then semita would 
mean secretly, imperceptibly.) Horo.t. 
vit®— Hence, a proverb, of persons 
who would advise others, but are not 
able to manage their own affairs. Enn. 
ap. Cic. Q,ui sibi semitam non sapiunt, 
alteri inonstrant viam. 
SeMITaCTOS (semi & tactus), a, um, 
3 adj. half-touched. Martial. 6, 74, 2. un- 
guento. (Others read segmentatus.) 
SeMIT aRIOS (semita), a, um, adj. rc- 
3 luting to or to be found in foot-paths and 
narrow streets. Catull. moechi. 
SeMITaTIM (Id.), by by-roads or foot- 
3 paths. Titian. 
SeMiTeCTuS (semi & tectus), a, um, 
2 adj. half-covered, half-naked, ftpiuaftw- 
rot. Senec. 
SeMITONIUM (from ftpirbviov, or from 
3 semi & tonus), ii, n. a half-tone, semitone. 
Macrob. so/un. Scip. 2, 1. 
SEMTTRaCTaTOS (semi & tractates), 
3 a, um, adj. half treated of, imperfectly 
handled. Tertull. 
Se.MITREPIDCS (semi & trepidus), a, 
3um, adj. half trembling or afraid. 
Apul. 
SeMITRiTOS (semi & tritus), a, um, 
2 adj. half-threshed, ftpurpiflfis. Colum. 
SeMIVIeTOS (semi & vietus), a, um, 
2 adj. half-wrinkled, half-withered. Colam. 
SeMI VIR (semi & vir), iri, m. half a man, 
2 one that is a man, but dues not deserve 
this name, because he is half man and 
half beast, as a centaur. Odd. Semivir 
Nessus. Id. Semivir bos, h. e. Mino- 
taurus. Or because he has been castrated , 
or otherwise lost his manhood. Plin. 
Testes homini tantum injuria, aut 
sponte natur® franguntur, idque ter- 
tium ab hermapbroditis et spadonibus 
semiviri genus habent. Or because he is 
effeminate, womanish. Virg. Paris cum 
semiviro comitatu (in this passage it 
is used adjectively.) Id. Phrygis semi¬ 
viri. (Here it is a term of reproach.) — 
Also, same as Pathicus. Lin. Qui tain 
atrocem credem pertinere ad illos semi- 
viros credebant. 
SeMI VIVOS (semi & vivus), a, um, adj. 
half-alive, half-dead, almost dead, ftpigw- 
of. Cic. Hominem semivivum reli- 
quit. — Figur. Cic. voces, h. c. weak, 
faint, not lively. Id. Abjecti hominis et 
semivivi furorem fregistis. 
SeMIVSCaLIS (semi & vocalis), e, adj. 
2 ludf-sounding, half-vocal, half or some¬ 
what approaching the human voice, ftpi- 
<pwvos. Parr. In tres partes instru¬ 
ment! genus dividunt, vocale, et semi- 
vocale, et mutual : vocale, in quo sunt 
servi: semivocale, in quo sunt boves: 
mutum, in quo sunt plaustra. So is ! 
Signum militare threefold, according to I 
Veget. vocale, words, semivocale, trum¬ 
pets, horns, &c., mutum, h. e. vexilla. 
-IT Also, approaching vowels, a semi¬ 
vowel. (luint.it. liter®, or, simply, semi- 
vocales, sc. liter®, h. e. such as in pro¬ 
nunciation begin with a vowel, as, F, L. 
M, N, R. s, X. .... 
SkMIVOLOCER (semi & volucer), ucris, 
3 here, adj. half winged. Sidon. pueil®, 
It. e. the sirens. 
i SeMKuSTOLaNDOS (semi & ustulan- 
l 3_dus), a, um, adj. to be half burnt. Suet. 
- SeMIuSTOLaTOS (semi & ustulatus), 
3 a, um, adj. half-burnt. Cic. 
SeMIuSTOS, and SeMOSTOS (semi & 
, 2 ustus), a, um, adj. half-burnt, roasted, or 
scorched, ftpisavoTOi, ftpi<j>\cyln. Virg. 
and Liv. Semiustus. Odd. and Tacit. 
, Semustus. 
. SeMIZoNaRIOS (semi & zona), ii, m. 
i 3 one that makes semicinctia or small gir¬ 
dles. Plant. 
, SeMNONES, um, m. a Ocrmannation,living 
between the rivers Elbe and Vistula. Tacit. 
e SeM 8 (for semihomo, or semihemo), onis, 
. m. Ovid. Fast. 6, 214. CHucrebarn, 
, nonas Sanco, Fidione referrem, an tibi, 
, Semo pater: tunc mihi Sancus ait: 
. Cuicumque ex istis dederis, ego munus 
. habebo: Nomina trina fero. In this 
passage, Sancus, Fidius and Semo are 
, one and the same god. So, also, Liv. 
Bona ( Vitruvii damnati) Semoni Sanco 
censuerunt consecranda. — He is, per¬ 
haps, Hercules. 
SeMODIaLTS (semodius), e, adj. of half 
3 a modius or peck. Cato, placenta. 
SeMSDIOS (for semimodius), i, m. half a 
2 modius or peck, ftpipolhov. Cato and 
Colum. 
SEM ONI A, ®, f. a certain goddess.?* Macrob. 
SeMoTe (semotus), adv. separately. Mar- 
3 cell. Empir. 
SKMoT0S,a, um, particip. from senioveo. 
-IT Adj. put or set aside, removed, 
separated, distant, dnoxoipiaSeis. Lu- 
cret. a curis. Id. cara, for a cura. Cces. 
Locus a militibus semotus. Hirt. Se- 
mot® partes urbis, h. e. remote, distant. 
Auct. Dial, de Or. 2. dictio, h. e. a speak¬ 
ing in private. Lactant. Nihil a sapien- 
_tis ratione semotius. 
SeM 5VE5 (se Sc moveo), es, ovi, otum, a. 
1 2. to remove or put aside, set apart, sepa¬ 
rate, put away, remove, dnox^pi§io. Cic. 
aliquem a liberis. Id. voluptatem.- 
IT See also Semotus, a, um. 
SEMPER (for semel per), adv. once for all, 
always, ever, forever, continually, dsi. 
Tere.nt. and Cic. — With a substantive 
it is used for sempiternus. Terent. He- 
ri semper ienitas. Liv. Hasdrubal pa- 
cis semper auctor. — Sometimes it is 
redundant, or serves to give force to 
the idea expressed. Terent. Nunquam 
unuin intermittit diem, quin semper ve- 
niat. Cic. Cum ruri assiduus semper 
vixerit. 
SeMPeRFLoRIUM (semper & flos), ii, n. 
3 the herb evergreen or houseleek. Apul. 
SeMPERVIVOS (semper & vivus), a,um, 
3 adj. always living. Apul. Semperviva 
herba, or, simply, Pallad. Semperviva,' 
or, Plin. Sempervivum, h. e. the herb 
houseleek or aygreen, dsigamv. 
SeMPITeRNe (sempiternus), adv. always, 
3 continually, perpetually, for aye. Pacuv. 
SeMPITERNITAS (Id.), atis, f. perpe- 
3 tuity, eternity. Apul. 
SEMPITERNO (Id.), adv. always. See 
2 Sempiternus. 
SEMPITERNuS (semper), a, um, adj. 
continual, perpetual, endless, eternal, ever¬ 
lasting, sempiternal, a'tStos, aiioviog. Cic. 
Ignis Vest® perpetuus et sempiternus. 
Id. tempus. Id. vincula, ft. e. imprisonment 
for life. Id. animos esse sempiternos. 
—- Hence, Seinpiternum, adv. forever. 
Plant. So, also, Cic. Sempiterno, sc. 
tempore, h. e. always, forever. 
SEMPRoNIaNOS (Seinpronius), a, um, 
adj. relating to,proceeding from, or called 
after Scmpronius. Cic. senatuscon- 
sultum, li. e. relating to him. Liv. 
eludes. 
SEMPRoNIOS, ii,m. a name of several Ro¬ 
mans. — Hence, Seinpronius, a, um, 
adj. Scmpronian. Liv. lex agraria. Cic. 
lex frumentaria. 
SEMONCIA (for semiuncia), ffi, f. half an 
3 ounce; the twenty-fourth part of an as, 
consequently a small coin. Varr. — Hence, 
the twenty-fourth part, of any, thing. Cic. 
Heres ex deunce et semuncia. Colum. 
jugeri. Also, the twenty-fourth part of a 
pound, half an ounce. Cic. auri. — 
Hence, figur. Pcrs. recti, li. e. a grain of 
sense. Ascon. Bona ejus semuncia 
venerunt.-IT Also, a certain imple¬ 
ment used in husbandry. Cato. R. R. 10. 
(Some explain it a sumpter-saddle.) 
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SEMuNCIaLIS (semuncia), e, adj. con 
2 tabling the twenty-fourth part of an as 
or of a pound, of half an ounce. Plin. 
Semunciales asses. 
SEMONCIARIOS (Id.), a, um, adj. same 
2 as Semuncialis. Liv. fenus, h. e. ac¬ 
cording to Ernesti, when for a hundred 
asses the twenty-fourth part of an as was 
paid monthly, consequently, half an as 
yearly, interest at a half per cent. Oth¬ 
ers explain it, more correctly, six per 
cent,. See Unciarius. 
SEMURIUM (line.), ii, n. the name of a 
plain near Rome. Cic. 
SeMOSTOS. See Semiustus. 
SkNA, ®, f. a town of Etruria, now Siena. 
-IT Also, a town of Umbria on the 
Adriatic, now Senigaglia. Liv. Here 
Livius Salinator defeated Asdrubal. 
Hence, Cic. Brut. 18. Prrelium Senense. 
SENaCOLUM (from senatus, us, or allied 
3 to it), i, n. a senate-house, council-cham¬ 
ber, place where the senate met, ftov\tv- 
rfipiov. Varr. 
SEN ARI8L0S (dimin. of senarius), a, um. 
1 Cic. versus, ft. e. verses consisting of six 
feet. 
SeNaRIOS (seni), a, um, adj. consisting 
of six things, containing six, sktoTo s- 
Macrob. numerus, h. e. a six. Cic. ver¬ 
sus, or, simply, Senarius, sc. versus, 
li. e. a verse consisting of six feet, usually 
iambic. 
SENATOR (senex), oris, m. a senator, 
member of the senate, particularly at 
Rome, yepoveuacrTfts, /3ov\sVT>iS. Cic .— 
Romulus first created a hundred sena¬ 
tors, which number was afterwards in¬ 
creased to two hundred, under C. Grac¬ 
chus to three hundred, under Sulla to 
above four hundred, under C®sar to 
nine hundred, &c. — The senators were 
created, at the time of the republic, by 
the censor, who read over a list of them ; 
those whose names he recited were 
considered senators; and those whose 
names he omitted, ceased to he sena¬ 
tors.—The place of a senator was not 
considered as an office, but merely as a 
dignity or rank, like that of the nobiii 
in Venice. —A senator was required to 
possess property to the amount of eight 
hundred sesterces,in order that he might 
be able to live suitably to his rank, for 
he did not receive any salary. — A cer¬ 
tain age was required, probably, the 
age of twenty-five. — Senators wore a 
particular kind of shoe with a half- 
moon, and had a separate place in the 
theatre, called orchestra. 
SENAToRIOS (senator), a, um, adj. of 
or belonging to a Roman senator, sena¬ 
torial, (3 ov\svtik6s. Cic. ordo, h. e. 
rank, which was the highest. Cic. 
Verr. 1,2. consilium, h. e. the college of 
judges, which consisted of senators. Plin. 
Ep. jus. Sallust. Homo senatorius, or, 
simply, Senatorius, h. e. one who belongs 
to the, senate, a senator. 
SENaTOS (senex), us, m. a senate, coun¬ 
cil, of a state or town, the body of magis¬ 
trates, /3ov\ft, yepovoia. Cic. — Particu¬ 
larly, the senate of Rome ; its presidents 
were at first the kings, and afterwards 
the consuls. Cic. In senatum venire, h. c. 
to become a senator, or to come to the assem¬ 
bly of the senate. Id. In senatum legere, 
h. e. to make or elect asenator. Id. Senatum 
cooptare, h. e. to elect or make senators. 
Id. Senatu movere, h. e. to expel from 
the senate. Liv. Senatum legere, h. c. 
to call over the senators, recite their names. 
Cic. convocare, or, Liv. vooare, h. e. 
to call the senators together, call them 
to a meeting, call a meeting of the senators. 
Cic. consultum, or senatusconsultum, 
h. e. a decree of the senate against which no 
protest has been made. Id. Senatus auc- 
toritas, h. e. a decree or judgment of the 
senate protested against. — Especially, 
a meeting of the senate. Cic. Sena¬ 
tum habere, h. e. to hold a meeting of 
the senate. Id. dimittere, or, mittere, 
h. e. to dismiss the senate, close the meeting 
of the senate. Id. Eo die senatus erat 
futurus, ft. e. on that day was to be a meet¬ 
ing of the senate. Id. In senatum ve¬ 
nire, A. e. to come to or attend the meeting 
of the senate. Id. frequens, A. e. attend¬ 
ed by such a number of senators as was re¬ 
quired to form a decree. Id. Datur alicui 
