semihomo
Ῥύου δὲ σαυτὸν παντὸς ἐκ φαύλου τρόπου → Ex omni more malefico tete eruas → Bewahre dich vor jeder üblen Lebensart
Latin > English
semihomo semihominis N M :: half-man, half-human (half monster)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sēmĭ-hŏmo: ĭnis, m.,
I a half-man, i. e. half man and half beast.
I Lit.: Centauri, Ov. M. 12, 536 (for which, semiferi, id. ib. 12, 406 al.; v. semifer, I.): mandragoras (because formed below like a man), Col. poët. 10, 19.—
II Trop., half-human, i. e. half-wild, half-savage, = semifer, II.: Cacus, Verg. A. 8, 194 (for which, semifer, id. ib. 8, 267): Nasamones, Sil. 11, 180.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
sēmĭhŏmō,¹⁶ ĭnis, m.,
1 qui est à moitié homme [et à moitié bête], qui a une tête d’homme : Virg. En. 8, 194 ; Col. Rust. 10, 19 ; semihominem canem Sedul. Carm. pasch. 1, 247, Anubis
2 à demi sauvage : Sil. 11, 180.
Latin > German (Georges)
sēmi-homo, hominis, m., der Halbmensch, I) = halb Mensch und halb Tier, Colum. poët. 10, 19: Centauri, Ov. met. 12, 536: canis, v. Anubis, Sedul. de veter. test. 231 Looshorn. – II) übtr. = halbwild, Cacus, Verg. Aen. 8, 194: Nasamones, Sil. 11, 180: talis etiam homo sive semihomo, Augustin. de civ. dei 19, 12, 2. p. 374, 24 D.2 (gleich darauf semiferus gen.); vgl. ibid. p. 373, 25 u. 374, 17 D.2
