semifer
Dictionary entries
- Entry →semifer, semifera, semiferum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
half-wild; half-monster;
nom. sg. (m.)voc. sg. (m.)
Examples
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...fulmine raptum abstulit et similes minus indignatur habenas. semifer aeria talis Centaurus ab Ossa desilit in ualles: ipsum..."- P
Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...praemia linguae inter aves albas vetuit consistere corvum. Semifer interea divinae stirpis alumno laetus erat mixtoque oneri gaudebat..."