semimas
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Literally "half-male", from sēmi- (“half”) + mās (“a male”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈseː.mi.maːs/, [ˈs̠eːmɪmäːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈse.mi.mas/, [ˈsɛːmimäs]
Noun edit
sēmimās m (genitive sēmimaris); third declension
- a hermaphrodite
- an emasculate
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | sēmimās | sēmimarēs |
Genitive | sēmimaris | sēmimarum |
Dative | sēmimarī | sēmimaribus |
Accusative | sēmimarem | sēmimarēs |
Ablative | sēmimare | sēmimaribus |
Vocative | sēmimās | sēmimarēs |
See also edit
References edit
- “semimas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “semimas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- semimas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.