semestris

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Latin

Etymology

From sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”), cf. also mēnstruus (“monthly”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

sēmēstris (neuter sēmēstre); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. Alternative form of sēmēnstris

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative sēmēstris sēmēstre sēmēstrēs sēmēstria
Genitive sēmēstris sēmēstrium
Dative sēmēstrī sēmēstribus
Accusative sēmēstrem sēmēstre sēmēstrēs
sēmēstrīs 		sēmēstria
Ablative sēmēstrī sēmēstribus
Vocative sēmēstris sēmēstre sēmēstrēs sēmēstria

Descendants

  • English: semestral, semester

References

  • “semestris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • semestris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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