semiformis

Latin

Etymology

From sēmi- (“half”) +‎ -fōrmis (“having the form of”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /seː.miˈfoːr.mis/, [s̠eːmɪˈfoːrmɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /se.miˈfor.mis/, [semiˈfɔrmis]

Adjective

sēmifōrmis (neuter sēmifōrme); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. half-formed, semiform

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	sēmifōrmis	sēmifōrme		sēmifōrmēs	sēmifōrmia
Genitive	sēmifōrmis			sēmifōrmium
Dative	sēmifōrmī			sēmifōrmibus
Accusative	sēmifōrmem	sēmifōrme		sēmifōrmēs sēmifōrmīs	sēmifōrmia
Ablative	sēmifōrmī			sēmifōrmibus
Vocative	sēmifōrmis	sēmifōrme		sēmifōrmēs	sēmifōrmia

Descendants

• Spanish: semiforme

References

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