semianimis
Latin
Alternative forms
- semi-animis
Etymology
From semi- + animis (Can this(+) etymology be sourced? Particularly: “shouldn't this be semi- + anmimus + -is ?”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [seː.miˈa.nɪ.mɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [se.miˈaː.ni.mis]
Adjective
sēmianimis (neuter sēmianime); third-declension two-termination adjective
- half alive, half lifeless, half dead; partly, nearly or almost [[dead; expiring, dying
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.686-687:
- [...] sēmianimemque sinū germānam amplexa fovēbat
cum gemitū, atque ātrōs siccābat veste cruōrēs.- [Anna] held her near lifeless sister in her bosom and was caressing her, with a groan, and was trying to stanch the dark blood with her dress.
(The scansion is four syllables, the first “i” consonantal: sēm-yah-ni-mem. Here Dido is literally near death; cf. Aeneid 4.672 for Anna’s figurative exanimis.)
- [Anna] held her near lifeless sister in her bosom and was caressing her, with a groan, and was trying to stanch the dark blood with her dress.
- [...] sēmianimemque sinū germānam amplexa fovēbat
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | sēmianimis | sēmianime | sēmianimēs | sēmianimia | |
| genitive | sēmianimis | sēmianimium | |||
| dative | sēmianimī | sēmianimibus | |||
| accusative | sēmianimem | sēmianime | sēmianimēs sēmianimīs |
sēmianimia | |
| ablative | sēmianimī | sēmianimibus | |||
| vocative | sēmianimis | sēmianime | sēmianimēs | sēmianimia | |
References
- “semianimis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- semianimis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.