sēmēsus (sēmiēsus (trisyl.), Verg. A. 3, 244; and 8, 297; cf. Wagn. id. ib. 3, 578), a, um, adj. [semi-edo],
half-eaten , half-devoured , half-consumed (not ante-Aug.): praeda, Verg. A. 3, 244: ossa, id. ib. 8, 297: pisces, Hor. S. 1, 3, 81: lardi frusta, id. ib. 2, 6, 85: serpentes, Ov. M. 2, 771: lepus, Juv. 5, 167: obsonia, Suet. Tib. 34; id. Vit. 13 fin. : corpora liberorum, Petr. 141, 11: cibi, Flor. 4, 2, 69.