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.
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Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative sēmirutus sēmiruta sēmirutum sēmirutī sēmirutae sēmiruta
genitive sēmirutī sēmirutae sēmirutī sēmirutōrum sēmirutārum sēmirutōrum
dative sēmirutō sēmirutae sēmirutō sēmirutīs
accusative sēmirutum sēmirutam sēmirutum sēmirutōs sēmirutās sēmiruta
ablative sēmirutō sēmirutā sēmirutō sēmirutīs
vocative sēmirute sēmiruta sēmirutum sēmirutī sēmirutae sēmiruta

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.
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