semianimis

Latin

Alternative forms

  • semi-animis

Etymology

From semi- +‎ animis (Can this(+) etymology be sourced? Particularly: “shouldn't this be semi- + anmimus + -is ?”)

Pronunciation

Adjective

sēmianimis (neuter sēmianime); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. 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.)

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.