semihomo
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From sēmi- (half) + homō (man).
Pronunciation[edit]
In Classical Latin poetry, the word is found in the forms semihomines and semihominis, which are always scanned as heavy-light-light-heavy quadrisyllables, implying pronunciations with elision of the first i.
Noun[edit]
sēmihomō m (genitive sēmihominis); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | sēmihomō | sēmihominēs |
Genitive | sēmihominis | sēmihominum |
Dative | sēmihominī | sēmihominibus |
Accusative | sēmihominem | sēmihominēs |
Ablative | sēmihomine | sēmihominibus |
Vocative | sēmihomō | sēmihominēs |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “semihomo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “semihomo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- semihomo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.