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Latin
Etymology
From semi- + vivus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
sēmivīvus (feminine sēmivīva, neuter sēmivīvum); first/second-declension adjective
- half-alive (almost dead)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “semivivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “semivivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- semivivus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- semivivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.