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Latin
Etymology
Literally "half-male", from sēmi- (“half”) + mās (“a male”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sēmimās m (genitive sēmimaris); third declension
- a hermaphrodite
- an emasculate
Declension
Third-declension noun.
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.