semivir
ξένος ὢν ἀκολούθει τοῖς ἐπιχωρίοις νόμοις → as a foreigner, follow the laws of that country | when in Rome, do as the Romans do
Latin > English
semivir semivira, semivirum ADJ :: effeminate
semivir semivir semiviri N M :: half man
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sēmĭ-vĭr: vĭri, m. adj.,
I a half-man, i. q. semihomo and semimas (not anteAug.).
I Lit.
A Half man and half beast, e. g. the Centaur Chiron. Ov. F. 5, 380; the Minotaur, id. A. A. 2, 24 (cf. semibos): Nessus, id. H. 9, 141.—
B An hermaphrodite, Ov. M. 4, 386; Plin. 11, 49, 110, § 263.—
II Transf., emasculated.
A Lit., of a priest of Cybele (cf. semimas), Juv. 6, 513: semiviri chori, Sil. 17, 20: formosum adulescentem semivirum reddidit, Lact. 1, 17, 7. —
B Trop., unmanly, womanish, effeminate: et nunc ille Paris cum semiviro comitatu, Verg. A. 4, 215: Phryx, id. ib. 12, 99; Lact. 1, 10, 9; Stat. Achill. 2, 363.—So esp. of debauchees: qui tam atrocem caedem pertinere ad illos semiviros crederent (for which, just before: molles and obsceni viri), Liv. 33, 28, 7: impure ac semivir, Luc. 8, 552.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
sēmĭvĭr,¹³ ĭrī, adj. et subst. m., qui est moitié homme et moitié animal [Centaure] : Ov. F. 5, 380 || eunuque : Juv. 6, 513 || [fig.] efféminé, amolli par les délices : semivir comitatus Virg. En. 4, 215, cortège efféminé || un débauché : Liv. 33, 28, 7.
Latin > German (Georges)
sēmi-vir, virī, m., ein halber Mann, d.i. I) eig.: 1) halb Mann und halb Tier, Chiron, der Zentaur, Ov.: bos, der Minotaurus, Ov. – 2) der Zwitter, Hermaphrodit, Ov. u. Plin. – II) übtr.: 1) der Kastrat, entmannt, kastriert, famuli = Galli (die Priester der Cybele), Varro sat. Men. 132: semiviri chori, Sil. 17, 20: formosum iuvenem exsectis virilibus semivirum reddit, Lact. 1, 17, 7. – ingens semivir (v. Priester der Cybele), Iuven. 6, 513: praecedit cavernas Basternarum ordo semivirorum (Eunuchen), Hieron. epist. 22, 16. – 2) unmännlich, weibisch, a) übh.: comitatus, Verg. Aen. 4, 215. Lact. 1, 10, 9: semivir Phryx, Verg. Aen. 12, 99. Stat. Ach. 2, 363. – b) v. den pathici, Liv. 33, 28, 7 (§ 2 molles viri u. § 5 obsceni viri gen.): impure ac semivir, Lucan. 8, 552.
