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Aeschylus, fr. 317

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sēmĭ-fer: fĕra, fĕrum, adj. ferus,
I halfbestial, half man and half beast.
I Lit.: semifer interea divinae stirpis alumno Laetus erat, i. e. the Centaur Chiron, Ov. M. 2, 633; so of the Centaurs, id. ib. 12, 406; Stat. Th. 9, 220; Luc. 6, 386: caput Panis, Lucr. 4, 587: pectus (Tritonis), Verg. A. 10, 212: corpus Capricorni (because half goat and half fish), Cic. Arat. 59 Orell. N. cr.: species hominum (with portenta), Lucr. 2, 702 et saep.—
II Trop., half-wild, half-savage: (Cacus), Verg. A. 8, 267 (for which, semihomo, id. ib. 194): glires semiferum animal, Plin. 8, 57, 82, § 224: proles (canis), Grat. Cyn. 253: genus hominum, Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 66; Sil. 3, 542.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

sēmĭfĕr,¹³ ĕra, ĕrum (semi, ferus),
1 qui est moitié homme et moitié animal : Lucr. 4, 587 ; semiferum pectus Virg. En. 10, 212, poitrine d’un être monstrueux [d’un Triton || semifer, m., être monstrueux : Virg. En. 8, 267 ; [centaure] Ov. M. 2, 633
2 demi sauvage : Gratt. Cyn. 253 || à demi barbare : Sil. 3, 542.