semifer

sēmĭ-fer, fĕra, fĕrum, adj. [ferus], 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.

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

semifer [CL], ~erus 1 half-monstrous, (also as sb.) half-monster. Tritonem capite humano, pectore ~ero et deorsum ab umbilico piscibus dixerunt similem Lib. Monstr. I 52; [Juno] ‥ que semen Ixionis recipiens Centauros semiviros et ~eras genuit Bern. Comm. Aen. 70. 2 half-savage, brutish (also as sb.). hoc illi suis invitatoribus offitii impenderant, ut ‥ in confragosa et saltuosa loca immitterent, ubi ignobiles et ~eri aevum exigerent W. Malm. GP V 215; qui his studiis ‥ insistunt, ~eri sunt et ‥ abjecta potiore humanitatis parte J. Sal. Pol. 393D; unum [sc. genus] super hoc est ~erum ac plenum laboris inmensi Gros. Hexaem. proem. 30.

sēmĭfĕr, (13) ĕra, ĕrum (semi, ferus), ¶ 1 qui est moitié homme et moitié animal : Lucr. 4, 587 ; semiferum pectus Virg. En. 10, 212, poitrine dʼun être monstrueux [dʼun 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.

semifer , era, erum. adj. (fera.)
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sēmifer fera, ferum, adj.

• semi+ferus, halfbestial, half beast: pectus (Tritonis), V.: corpus Capricorni (the Constellation).—As substm.: Semifer, i. e. the Centaur Chiron, O.: inter Semiferos habitare, i. e. the Centaurs, O.—Fig., halfwild, half-savage.—As substm., Cacus, V.