semesos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →semesus, semesa, semesum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
half-eaten;
acc. pl. (m.)
Examples
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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...prospicite squalida arva et spinis obsitas segetes et semesos arborum truncos. viduis cultore agris errant a fame nostrae..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...coercet? siquis eum servum, patinam qui tollere iussus semesos piscis tepidumque ligurrierit ius, in cruce suffigat, Labeone insanior..."