semirutus

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Latin

Etymology

semi- +‎ rutus

Pronunciation

Adjective

sēmirutus (feminine sēmiruta, neuter sēmirutum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. half-demolished
    • 59 BC–AD 17, Titus Livius, Ab urba condita 5.49.4:
      īnstruit deinde aciem, ut locī nātūra patiēbātur, in sēmirutae solō urbis et nātūrā inaequālī, et omnia, quae arte bellī secundā suīs ēligī praeparārīve poterant, prōvīdit.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

  • semirutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • semirutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • semirutus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.