semiferos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →semifer, semifera, semiferum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
half-wild; half-monster;
acc. pl. (m.)
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...coloniet Magnetes equis, Minyae gens cognita remis. 385illic semiferos Ixionidas Centaurosfeta Pelethroniis nubes effudit in antris:aspera..."Phoenissae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...Illuc ire morituro placet, Ubi sedit alta rupe semifero dolos Sphinx ore nectens: dirige huc gressus pedum..."
Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...Iuppiter oris progenuit viridem Myracen Tibisenaque iuxta ostia, semifero--dignum si credere--captus corpore, nec nymphae geminos exhorruit..."Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...frons hominem praefert, in pristim desinit alvus, spumea semifero sub pectore murmurat unda. Tot lecti proceres ter denis..."Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...abstulit Hylonome, qua nulla decentior inter semiferos altis habitavit femina silvis; haec et blanditiis et amando et amare..."