semestris
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”), cf. also mēnstruus (“monthly”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /seːˈmeːs.tris/, [s̠eːˈmeːs̠t̪rɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /seˈmes.tris/, [seˈmɛst̪ris]
Adjective
[edit]sēmēstris (neuter sēmēstre); third-declension two-termination adjective
- Alternative form of sēmēnstris
Declension
[edit]Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | sēmēstris | sēmēstre | sēmēstrēs | sēmēstria | |
| Genitive | sēmēstris | sēmēstrium | |||
| Dative | sēmēstrī | sēmēstribus | |||
| Accusative | sēmēstrem | sēmēstre | sēmēstrēs sēmēstrīs |
sēmēstria | |
| Ablative | sēmēstrī | sēmēstribus | |||
| Vocative | sēmēstris | sēmēstre | sēmēstrēs | sēmēstria | |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “semestris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- semestris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.