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S / sēmĭ-hŏmo
noun

sēmĭ-hŏmo

gen. sēmĭ-hŏmĭnis · gender masculine · decl. 3rd
a half-man; half man and half beast
a half-man, i. e. half man and half beast.
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Lit.: Centauri, Ov. M. 12, 536 (for which, semiferi, id. ib. 12, 406 al.; v. semifer, I.): mandragoras (because formed below like a man), Col. poët. 10, 19.—
half-human; half-wild; half-savage figuratively •
Trop., half-human, i. e. half-wild, half-savage, = semifer, II.: Cacus, Verg. A. 8, 194 (for which, semifer, id. ib. 8, 267): Nasamones, Sil. 11, 180.
Perseus ID: n43488 Key: semihomo