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semisepultus

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Latin

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Etymology

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From sēmi- (half) +‎ sepultus (buried).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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sēmisepultus (feminine sēmisepulta, neuter sēmisepultum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. half-buried
    • 43 BCEc. 17 CE, Ovid, The Heroines 1.55–56:
      sēmisepulta virum curvīs feriuntur arātrīs
      ossa, ruīnōsās occulit herba domōs.
      Half-buried bones of heroes are struck by the curving plough, and grass conceals the ruined houses.

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative sēmisepultus sēmisepulta sēmisepultum sēmisepultī sēmisepultae sēmisepulta
genitive sēmisepultī sēmisepultae sēmisepultī sēmisepultōrum sēmisepultārum sēmisepultōrum
dative sēmisepultō sēmisepultae sēmisepultō sēmisepultīs
accusative sēmisepultum sēmisepultam sēmisepultum sēmisepultōs sēmisepultās sēmisepulta
ablative sēmisepultō sēmisepultā sēmisepultō sēmisepultīs
vocative sēmisepulte sēmisepulta sēmisepultum sēmisepultī sēmisepultae sēmisepulta

References

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  • semisepultus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • semisepultus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • semisepultus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press