semifer

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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).

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sēmifer sēmifera sēmiferum sēmiferī sēmiferae sēmifera
Genitive sēmiferī sēmiferae sēmiferī sēmiferōrum sēmiferārum sēmiferōrum
Dative sēmiferō sēmiferō sēmiferīs
Accusative sēmiferum sēmiferam sēmiferum sēmiferōs sēmiferās sēmifera
Ablative sēmiferō sēmiferā sēmiferō sēmiferīs
Vocative sēmifer sēmifera sēmiferum sēmiferī sēmiferae sēmifera

See also

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.
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