semimas

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

sēmĭ-mās, măris, m.

I Lit., a halfmale , hermaphrodite , Ov. M. 4, 381; 12, 506; Liv. 31, 12 fin.

II Transf., adj., unmanned , emasculated : capri, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 3: semimares capi (appellantur), cum sint castrati, Col. 8, 2, 3: ovis, Ov. F. 1, 588: Galli (the priests of Cybele), id. ib. 4, 183.

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