semimas

Latin

Etymology

Literally "half-male", from sēmi- (“half”) + mās (“a male”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈseː.mi.maːs/, [ˈseː.mɪ.maːs]

Noun

sēmimās m (genitive sēmimaris); third declension

  1. a hermaphrodite
  2. an emasculate

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sēmimās sēmimarēs
Genitive sēmimaris sēmimarum
Dative sēmimarī sēmimaribus
Accusative sēmimarem sēmimarēs
Ablative sēmimare sēmimaribus
Vocative sēmimās sēmimarēs

References
  • semimas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • semimas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • semimas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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