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|lshtext=<b>sēmis</b>: issis (in Vitr., Front., and Pall. indecl., e.g. duo [[semis]] [[pedes]], Pall. Febr. 9, 10:<br /><b>I</b> duobus [[semis]] pedibus, id. Jan. 10, 3; 13, 7: [[diametros]] [[octo]] [[semis]], Vitr. 4, 1: passuum [[milium]] et [[semis]], Front. Aquaed. 7; cf.: habere duos et [[semis]] cubitos, Vulg. Exod. 25, 10 al.), m. cf. [[semi]]-; Gr. [[ἡμι-]], ἥμισυ, a [[half]], [[half]]-[[unity]], a [[semi]]-[[unit]] (v. as, I.).<br /><b>I</b> In gen. ([[very]] [[rare]] for the [[usual]] [[dimidium]]): [[sex]] domini semissem Africae possidebant, Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 35: patrimonii, Dig. 36, 1, 78, § 7: e libertorum defunctorum bonis, Suet. Ner. 32: cum [[alter]] semissem, [[alter]] universa fratre excluso (sibi vindicaret), Quint. 7, 1, 62: panem semissem ponebat [[supra]] torum, Petr. 64, 6.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic. (freq. and [[class]].).<br /> <b>A</b> As a [[coin]],<br /> <b>1</b> Half an as, a [[semi]]-as, Varr. L. L. 5, § 171 Müll.; cf. Prisc. p. 708 P.; Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 44: lex frumentaria de semissibus et trientibus, Auct. Her. 1, 12, 21; Cic. Sest. 25, 55; Liv. Epit. 60; Ascon. ap. Cic. Pis. 4, p. 9 Orell.; [[hence]], non [[semissis]] [[homo]], not [[worth]] a groat, i. e. [[good]] for [[nothing]], [[worthless]], Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10 a, 1: [[quid]] [[fit]]! Semis, Hor. A. P. 330.—<br /> <b>2</b> In the times of the [[later]] emperors, as a [[gold]] [[coin]], a [[half]] [[aureus]] (containing 59.8 grains of [[gold]], or the [[present]] [[value]] of 10s. 6 3/4d. [[sterling]]), Lampr. Alex. Sev. 39.—<br /> <b>B</b> As a [[rate]] of [[interest]], one [[half]] per cent. a [[month]], or, acc. to [[our]] [[mode]] of [[computation]], [[six]] per cent. a [[year]] (cf.: bes, [[triens]], etc.): semissibus magna [[copia]] (pecuniae) est, Cic. Fam. 5, 6, 2: [[usura]] multiplicata semissibus, Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 56: [[usura]] semissium, Col. 3, 3, 9 sq.; for [[which]] also, [[reversely]]: semisses usurarum, id. 3, 3, 9; and in apposition: semisses usuras promisit, Dig. 22, 1, 13; 22, 45, 134; 46, 3, 102 fin.—<br /> <b>C</b> As a [[measure]] of [[dimension]].<br /> <b>1</b> Half a juger of [[land]]: bina jugera et semisses agri assignati, Liv. 6, 16 fin.; cf. Col. 5, 1, 11; Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 178.—<br /> <b>2</b> A [[half]]-[[foot]], [[half]] a [[foot]]: interesse sesquipedes [[inter]] bina semina in latitudinem, in longitudinem semisses, Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 160: campestris [[locus]] [[alte]] duos [[pedes]] et semissem infodiendus est, Col. 3, 13, 8; Vitr. 4, 1; Front. Aquaed. 7; Pall. Jan. 10, 2; 10, 4; 13, 7; id. Febr. 9, 10 et saep.; Veg. 5, 40, 3; 3, 11, 4.—<br /> <b>3</b> Half a [[cubit]]: [[cubitum]] ac semissem, Vulg. Exod. 25, 17.—<br /> <b>D</b> Among mathematicians, the [[number]] [[three]], Vitr. 3, 1, 6; cf. as fin. | |lshtext=<b>sēmis</b>: issis (in Vitr., Front., and Pall. indecl., e.g. duo [[semis]] [[pedes]], Pall. Febr. 9, 10:<br /><b>I</b> duobus [[semis]] pedibus, id. Jan. 10, 3; 13, 7: [[diametros]] [[octo]] [[semis]], Vitr. 4, 1: passuum [[milium]] et [[semis]], Front. Aquaed. 7; cf.: habere duos et [[semis]] cubitos, Vulg. Exod. 25, 10 al.), m. cf. [[semi]]-; Gr. [[ἡμι-]], ἥμισυ, a [[half]], [[half]]-[[unity]], a [[semi]]-[[unit]] (v. as, I.).<br /><b>I</b> In gen. ([[very]] [[rare]] for the [[usual]] [[dimidium]]): [[sex]] domini semissem Africae possidebant, Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 35: patrimonii, Dig. 36, 1, 78, § 7: e libertorum defunctorum bonis, Suet. Ner. 32: cum [[alter]] semissem, [[alter]] universa fratre excluso (sibi vindicaret), Quint. 7, 1, 62: panem semissem ponebat [[supra]] torum, Petr. 64, 6.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic. (freq. and [[class]].).<br /> <b>A</b> As a [[coin]],<br /> <b>1</b> Half an as, a [[semi]]-as, Varr. L. L. 5, § 171 Müll.; cf. Prisc. p. 708 P.; Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 44: lex frumentaria de semissibus et trientibus, Auct. Her. 1, 12, 21; Cic. Sest. 25, 55; Liv. Epit. 60; Ascon. ap. Cic. Pis. 4, p. 9 Orell.; [[hence]], non [[semissis]] [[homo]], not [[worth]] a groat, i. e. [[good]] for [[nothing]], [[worthless]], Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10 a, 1: [[quid]] [[fit]]! Semis, Hor. A. P. 330.—<br /> <b>2</b> In the times of the [[later]] emperors, as a [[gold]] [[coin]], a [[half]] [[aureus]] (containing 59.8 grains of [[gold]], or the [[present]] [[value]] of 10s. 6 3/4d. [[sterling]]), Lampr. Alex. Sev. 39.—<br /> <b>B</b> As a [[rate]] of [[interest]], one [[half]] per cent. a [[month]], or, acc. to [[our]] [[mode]] of [[computation]], [[six]] per cent. a [[year]] (cf.: bes, [[triens]], etc.): semissibus magna [[copia]] (pecuniae) est, Cic. Fam. 5, 6, 2: [[usura]] multiplicata semissibus, Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 56: [[usura]] semissium, Col. 3, 3, 9 sq.; for [[which]] also, [[reversely]]: semisses usurarum, id. 3, 3, 9; and in apposition: semisses usuras promisit, Dig. 22, 1, 13; 22, 45, 134; 46, 3, 102 fin.—<br /> <b>C</b> As a [[measure]] of [[dimension]].<br /> <b>1</b> Half a juger of [[land]]: bina jugera et semisses agri assignati, Liv. 6, 16 fin.; cf. Col. 5, 1, 11; Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 178.—<br /> <b>2</b> A [[half]]-[[foot]], [[half]] a [[foot]]: interesse sesquipedes [[inter]] bina semina in latitudinem, in longitudinem semisses, Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 160: campestris [[locus]] [[alte]] duos [[pedes]] et semissem infodiendus est, Col. 3, 13, 8; Vitr. 4, 1; Front. Aquaed. 7; Pall. Jan. 10, 2; 10, 4; 13, 7; id. Febr. 9, 10 et saep.; Veg. 5, 40, 3; 3, 11, 4.—<br /> <b>3</b> Half a [[cubit]]: [[cubitum]] ac semissem, Vulg. Exod. 25, 17.—<br /> <b>D</b> Among mathematicians, the [[number]] [[three]], Vitr. 3, 1, 6; cf. as fin. | ||
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|gf=<b>sēmis</b>,¹¹ issis (sēmi, as, moitié de l’as considéré comme l’unité),<br /> <b>I</b> adj., panem semissem ponebat [[supra]] [[torum]] Petr. 64, 6, il plaçait la moitié d’un pain sur le lit.<br /> <b>II</b> subst. m.,<br /><b>1</b> moitié : Africæ semissem possidere Plin. 18, 35, posséder la moitié de l’Afrique, cf. Quint. 7, 1, 62 ; Suet. [[Nero]] 32<br /><b>2</b> <b> a)</b> demi-as : Cic. Sest. 55 || [fig.] [[non]] [[semissis]] [[homo]] P. [[Vatinius]] d. Cic. Fam. 5, 10 a, 1, homme qui ne vaut pas un demi-as ; <b> b)</b> demi-arpent : Liv. 6, 16, 7 ; Plin. 18, 178 ; <b> c)</b> demi-pied : Plin. 17, 160 ; Col. Rust. 3, 13, 8 ; <b> d)</b> le nombre trois chez les mathém. [[sex]] étant le [[numerus]] [[perfectus]] ] : Vitr. Arch. 3, 1, 6 ; <b> e)</b> demi-[[aureus]] : Lampr. Al. Sev. 39<br /><b>3</b> [[usura]] semissium Col. Rust. 3, 3, 9 ou semisses usurarum Col. Rust. 3, 3, 9 ou [adj.] semisses usuræ Dig. 22, 1, 13 = intérêts de un demi pour cent par mois = six pour cent par an ; semissibus magna [[copia]] [[est]] Cic. Fam. 5, 6, 2, il y a beaucoup d’argent disponible à six pour cent. [[semis]] indécl. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 116 ; Vitr. Arch. 4, 1. | |||
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