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ἀκίνδυνοι δ' ἀρεταὶ οὔτε παρ' ἀνδράσιν οὔτ' ἐν ναυσὶ κοίλαις τίμιαι → but excellence without danger is honored neither among men nor in hollow ships
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|lshtext=<b>sēmĭ-vĭr</b>: vĭri, m. adj.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[half]]-[[man]], i. q. [[semihomo]] and [[semimas]] (not anteAug.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br /> <b>A</b> Half [[man]] and [[half]] [[beast]], e. g. the [[Centaur]] [[Chiron]]. Ov. F. 5, 380; the [[Minotaur]], id. A. A. 2, 24 (cf. [[semibos]]): [[Nessus]], id. H. 9, 141.—<br /> <b>B</b> An hermaphrodite, Ov. M. 4, 386; Plin. 11, 49, 110, § 263.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., emasculated.<br /> <b>A</b> Lit., of a [[priest]] of [[Cybele]] (cf. [[semimas]]), Juv. 6, 513: semiviri chori, Sil. 17, 20: formosum adulescentem semivirum reddidit, Lact. 1, 17, 7. —<br /> <b>B</b> Trop., [[unmanly]], [[womanish]], [[effeminate]]: et [[nunc]] [[ille]] [[Paris]] cum semiviro comitatu, Verg. A. 4, 215: [[Phryx]], id. ib. 12, 99; Lact. 1, 10, 9; Stat. Achill. 2, 363.—So esp. of debauchees: qui tam atrocem caedem pertinere ad illos semiviros crederent (for [[which]], [[just]] [[before]]: molles and obsceni viri), Liv. 33, 28, 7: [[impure]] ac [[semivir]], Luc. 8, 552. | |lshtext=<b>sēmĭ-vĭr</b>: vĭri, m. adj.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[half]]-[[man]], i. q. [[semihomo]] and [[semimas]] (not anteAug.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br /> <b>A</b> Half [[man]] and [[half]] [[beast]], e. g. the [[Centaur]] [[Chiron]]. Ov. F. 5, 380; the [[Minotaur]], id. A. A. 2, 24 (cf. [[semibos]]): [[Nessus]], id. H. 9, 141.—<br /> <b>B</b> An hermaphrodite, Ov. M. 4, 386; Plin. 11, 49, 110, § 263.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., emasculated.<br /> <b>A</b> Lit., of a [[priest]] of [[Cybele]] (cf. [[semimas]]), Juv. 6, 513: semiviri chori, Sil. 17, 20: formosum adulescentem semivirum reddidit, Lact. 1, 17, 7. —<br /> <b>B</b> Trop., [[unmanly]], [[womanish]], [[effeminate]]: et [[nunc]] [[ille]] [[Paris]] cum semiviro comitatu, Verg. A. 4, 215: [[Phryx]], id. ib. 12, 99; Lact. 1, 10, 9; Stat. Achill. 2, 363.—So esp. of debauchees: qui tam atrocem caedem pertinere ad illos semiviros crederent (for [[which]], [[just]] [[before]]: molles and obsceni viri), Liv. 33, 28, 7: [[impure]] ac [[semivir]], Luc. 8, 552. | ||
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|gf=<b>sēmĭvĭr</b>,¹³ ĭrī, adj. et subst. m., qui [[est]] moitié homme et moitié [[animal]] [Centaure] : Ov. F. 5, 380 || eunuque : Juv. 6, 513 || [fig.] efféminé, amolli par les délices : [[semivir]] [[comitatus]] Virg. En. 4, 215, cortège efféminé || un débauché : Liv. 33, 28, 7. | |||
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Revision as of 07:03, 14 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sēmĭ-vĭr: vĭri, m. adj.,
I a half-man, i. q. semihomo and semimas (not anteAug.).
I Lit.
A Half man and half beast, e. g. the Centaur Chiron. Ov. F. 5, 380; the Minotaur, id. A. A. 2, 24 (cf. semibos): Nessus, id. H. 9, 141.—
B An hermaphrodite, Ov. M. 4, 386; Plin. 11, 49, 110, § 263.—
II Transf., emasculated.
A Lit., of a priest of Cybele (cf. semimas), Juv. 6, 513: semiviri chori, Sil. 17, 20: formosum adulescentem semivirum reddidit, Lact. 1, 17, 7. —
B Trop., unmanly, womanish, effeminate: et nunc ille Paris cum semiviro comitatu, Verg. A. 4, 215: Phryx, id. ib. 12, 99; Lact. 1, 10, 9; Stat. Achill. 2, 363.—So esp. of debauchees: qui tam atrocem caedem pertinere ad illos semiviros crederent (for which, just before: molles and obsceni viri), Liv. 33, 28, 7: impure ac semivir, Luc. 8, 552.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
sēmĭvĭr,¹³ ĭrī, adj. et subst. m., qui est moitié homme et moitié animal [Centaure] : Ov. F. 5, 380 || eunuque : Juv. 6, 513 || [fig.] efféminé, amolli par les délices : semivir comitatus Virg. En. 4, 215, cortège efféminé || un débauché : Liv. 33, 28, 7.
