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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From semi- + animis
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Pronunciation
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.- 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.
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