sēmustus (sēmĭ-ustus), a, um, adj. [uro], half-burned (not ante-Aug.).
I Lit.: Enceladi semustum fulmine corpus. Verg. A. 3, 578: robora, id. ib. 5, 697: facem, Ov. F. 4, 167; Sil. 3, 16; Stat. Th. 12, 439 al.: forum, Liv. 26, 27: simulacra, id. 31, 30; Vell. 2, 119, 6: tectorum vestigia lacera et semusta, Tac. A. 15, 40; Suet. Dom. 15 al.—
II Trop.: se populare incendium priore consulatu semustum effugisse, Liv. 22, 40, 3.