semestris
τὸ βέλτερον κακοῦ καὶ τὸ δίμοιρον αἰνῶ, καὶ δίκᾳ δίκας ἕπεσθαι, ξὺν εὐχαῖς ἐμαῖς, λυτηρίοις μηχαναῖς θεοῦ πάρα → I approve the better kind of evil, the two-thirds kind, and that, in accordance with my prayers, through contrivances bringing salvation at the god’s hand
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sēmestris: e, adj. semi-mensis,
I semi-monthly: luna, i. e. the full moon, App. M. 11, p. 258, 29: species (lunae), Amm. 20, 3, 1; cf. semestrium.
sēmestris: e, adj. sex-mensis.
I Of six months, half-yearly, semi-annual: dies, nox, lasting six months (far in the north), Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 5: regnum, Cic. Att. 10, 8, 7: imperium, Caes. B. C. 1, 9: dux, Liv. 21, 43, 15: consulatus, Suet. Ner. 14: tribunatus (militaris), Plin. Ep. 4, 4, 2; hence also, aurum, the ring of the tribunes (worn for six months): semestri vatum digitos circumligat auro, Juv. 7, 89; cf. also, consilia, Suet. Aug. 35: spatium, Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 280: filius, six months old, id. 11, 51, 112, § 270; so, leones, id. 8, 16, 17, § 45; cf. vita, id. 8, 39, 60, § 141: aves, hirundines, id. 10, 25, 36, § 73.—
II Plur. subst.: sē-mestrĭa, ium, n., the semi-annual collection of imperial ordinances, Dig. 2, 14, 46; 18, 7, 10 fin.; 29, 2, 12.
