adjective

sēmĭ-nūdus

fem. sēmĭ-nūda · neut. sēmĭ-nūdum

half-naked

half-naked (not ante-Aug.).

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Lit.: consules, prope seminudi sub jugum missi, Liv. 9, 6; 24, 40; Suet. Vit. 17; Front. Princ. Hist. p. 318.—As subst.: ille seminudus, Sen. Ep. 6, 2, 2.—

half-unarmed; almost defenceless by extension •

Transf., half-unarmed, almost defenceless: pedes vagus et prope seminudus, Liv. 31, 35, 6.—

figuratively •

Trop.: sententiae, Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 2.

Perseus ID: n43523 Key: seminudus