semifer

semifer

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sem-
Proto-Indo-European *sēmi
Latin sēmi-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-der.
Latin ferus
Latin sēmifer

    From sēmi- (“half”) + ferus (“wild, untamed”).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    sēmifer (feminine sēmifera, neuter sēmiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

    1. half-beast, such as of a centaur, satyr or Sphinx
    2. half-wild, half-savage

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative sēmifer sēmifera sēmiferum sēmiferī sēmiferae sēmifera
    genitive sēmiferī sēmiferae sēmiferī sēmiferōrum sēmiferārum sēmiferōrum
    dative sēmiferō sēmiferae sēmiferō sēmiferīs
    accusative sēmiferum sēmiferam sēmiferum sēmiferōs sēmiferās sēmifera
    ablative sēmiferō sēmiferā sēmiferō sēmiferīs
    vocative sēmifer sēmifera sēmiferum sēmiferī sēmiferae sēmifera

    See also

    References

    • “semifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “semifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “semifer”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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