semifer

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈseː.mi.fer/, [ˈs̠eːmɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.mi.fer/, [ˈsɛːmifer]

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

• sēmihomō

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.