"semivir" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Latin]

IPA: [ˈseː.mɪ.wɪr] [Classical-Latin], [ˈsɛː.mi.vir] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From semi- (“half”) + vir (“man”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|la|semi|vir|gloss1=half|gloss2=man}} semi- (“half”) + vir (“man”) Head templates: {{la-noun|sēmivir<2>}} sēmivir m (genitive sēmivirī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|sēmivir<2>}} Forms: sēmivir [canonical, masculine], sēmivirī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], sēmivir [nominative, singular], sēmivirī [nominative, plural], sēmivirī [genitive, singular], sēmivirōrum [genitive, plural], sēmivirō [dative, singular], sēmivirīs [dative, plural], sēmivirum [accusative, singular], sēmivirōs [accusative, plural], sēmivirō [ablative, singular], sēmivirīs [ablative, plural], sēmivir [singular, vocative], sēmivirī [plural, vocative]
  1. a half-man, half man and half beast, semihomo, e.g., the centaur Chiron Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-semivir-la-noun-DjVrwUzh Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms prefixed with semi-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 29 14 21 36 Disambiguation of Latin terms prefixed with semi-: 31 24 30 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 19 31 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 57 13 21 9
  2. (transferred) a half-man in a derogatory sense of seeming effeminate or unmanly Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-semivir-la-noun-u-ccfRaM Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Latin terms prefixed with semi- Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 29 14 21 36 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 25 33 19 23 Disambiguation of Latin terms prefixed with semi-: 31 24 30 15
  3. castrated man, eunuch Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-semivir-la-noun-QCJwFvwu Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms prefixed with semi- Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 29 14 21 36 Disambiguation of Latin terms prefixed with semi-: 31 24 30 15
  4. hermaphrodite Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-semivir-la-noun-Q5KgxYLk Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms prefixed with semi- Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 29 14 21 36 Disambiguation of Latin terms prefixed with semi-: 31 24 30 15
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          "english": "[One] less [than] the fourth night, Chiron will bring forth his stars:\na half-man, and joined with the body of a tawny horse.\n(See: Centaur; Chiron; Centaurus.)",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.379–380",
          "roman": "sēmivir et flāvī corpore mixtus equī.",
          "text": "Nocte minus quārtā prōmet sua sīdera Chīrōn"
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          "english": "(As Paris took Helen, Aeneas has taken Dido; and so a jealous King Iarbas says that the outsiders’ appearance is unmanly, and perhaps implies that they could be eunuchs.)",
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          "text": "“Et nunc ille Paris cum sēmivirō comitātū,\nMaeoniā mentum mitrā crīnemque madentem\nsubnexus, raptō potītur ….\n“And now, that [other] Paris – with his troupe of half-men, and his pomaded hair in a Maeonian turban tied under his chin – holds tight what he has stolen [from me].”"
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      "ipa": "[ˈsɛː.mi.vir]",
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