semifer

Latin > English

semifer semifera, semiferum ADJ :: half-wild; half-monster

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.

Latin > German (Georges)

sēmifer, fera, ferum (semi u. ferus), halbtierisch, halb Tier, I) eig.: homines, Mela: pectus Tritonis, Verg.: Capricornus (Gestirn), Cic. Arat. – bes. subst., im Sing. u. Plur., v. den Zentauren, Ov. u.a. – II) übtr., halbwild, a) v. Tieren, glires, s. animal, Plin.: proles, Gratt. – b) v. Menschen, von wilden, rauhen Sitten, Plin. u. Sil. – subst., sēmifer, ferī, m., der Halbwilde, Verg. Aen. 8, 267. – / Nom. sēmiferus, Augustin. de civ. dei 19, 12, 2. p. 374, 27 D.²

Latin > Chinese

semifer, era, erum. adj. (fera.) :: 牛野之獸