semianimis

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

semi-animis

Etymology edit

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(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /seː.miˈa.ni.mis/, [s̠eːmiˈänɪmɪs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /se.miˈa.ni.mis/, [semiˈäːnimis]

Adjective edit

sēmianimis (neuter sēmianime); third-declension two-termination adjective

half alive, half lifeless, half dead; partly, nearly or almost [[dead; expiring, dying
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.686-687:
  [...] sēmianimemque sinū germānam amplexa fovēbat
  cum gemitū, atque ātrōs siccābat veste cruōrēs.
  [Anna] held her near lifeless sister in her bosom and was caressing her, with a groan, and was trying to stanch the dark blood with her dress.
  (The scansion is four syllables, the first “i” consonantal: sēm-yah-ni-mem. Here Dido is literally near death; cf. Aeneid 4.672 for Anna’s figurative exanimis.)

Declension edit

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular		Plural
Nominative	sēmianimis	sēmianime	sēmianimēs	sēmianimia
Genitive	sēmianimis		sēmianimium
Dative	sēmianimī		sēmianimibus
Accusative	sēmianimem	sēmianime	sēmianimēs sēmianimīs	sēmianimia
Ablative	sēmianimī		sēmianimibus
Vocative	sēmianimis	sēmianime	sēmianimēs	sēmianimia

References edit

“semianimis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
semianimis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.