semimas

Latin

Etymology

Literally "half-male", from sēmi- (“half”) + mās (“a male”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈseː.mi.maːs/, [ˈs̠eːmɪmäːs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.mi.mas/, [ˈsɛːmimäs]

Noun

sēmimās m (genitive sēmimaris); third declension

a hermaphrodite
an emasculate

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sēmimās	sēmimarēs
Genitive	sēmimaris	sēmimarum
Dative	sēmimarī	sēmimaribus
Accusative	sēmimarem	sēmimarēs
Ablative	sēmimare	sēmimaribus
Vocative	sēmimās	sēmimarēs

See also

References

“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.

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