semisepultus

Latin

Etymology

From sēmi- (“half”) +‎ sepultus (“buried”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /seː.mi.seˈpul.tus/, [s̠eːmɪs̠ɛˈpʊɫ̪t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /se.mi.seˈpul.tus/, [semis̬eˈpul̪t̪us]

Adjective

sēmisepultus (feminine sēmisepulta, neuter sēmisepultum); first/second-declension adjective

1. half-buried
   • 43 BCE – c. 17 CE, Ovid, The Heroines 1.55–56:

     sēmisepulta virum curvīs feriuntur arātrīs
     ossa, ruīnōsās occulit herba domōs.

     Half-buried bones of heroes are struck by the curving plough, and grass conceals the ruined houses.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sēmisepultus	sēmisepulta	sēmisepultum		sēmisepultī	sēmisepultae	sēmisepulta
Genitive	sēmisepultī	sēmisepultae	sēmisepultī		sēmisepultōrum	sēmisepultārum	sēmisepultōrum
Dative	sēmisepultō		sēmisepultō		sēmisepultīs
Accusative	sēmisepultum	sēmisepultam	sēmisepultum		sēmisepultōs	sēmisepultās	sēmisepulta
Ablative	sēmisepultō	sēmisepultā	sēmisepultō		sēmisepultīs
Vocative	sēmisepulte	sēmisepulta	sēmisepultum		sēmisepultī	sēmisepultae	sēmisepulta

References

• semisepultus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• semisepultus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “semisepultus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press