semimas
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally "half-male", from sēmi- (“half”) + mās (“a male”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) 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.
| 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.