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S / sēmĭ-mās
noun

sēmĭ-mās

gen. sēmĭ-măris · gender masculine · decl. 3rd
a halfmale; hermaphrodite
Lit., a halfmale, hermaphrodite, Ov. M. 4, 381; 12, 506; Liv. 31, 12 fin.—
unmanned; emasculated by extension ••
Transf., adj., unmanned, emasculated: capri, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 3: semimares capi (appellantur), cum sint castrati, Col. 8, 2, 3: ovis, Ov. F. 1, 588: Galli (the priests of Cybele), id. ib. 4, 183.
Perseus ID: n43505 Key: semimas