semis

English

Etymology 1

Noun

semis

  1. plural of semi

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin sēmis.

Noun

semis (plural semises)

  1. (historical) A small bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic, valued at half an as.
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French

Etymology

Latin sēmis.

Noun

semis m (plural semis)

  1. A technique in agriculture for planting seeds on a terrain.

Further reading

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From sēmi- (“half”) + as (“a whole, a penny”)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈseː.mis/, [ˈseː.mɪs]

Noun

sēmis m (genitive sēmissis); third declension

  1. a half, a half-unit
  2. a coin worth half an ās

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative sēmis sēmissēs
genitive sēmissis sēmissum
dative sēmissī sēmissibus
accusative sēmissem sēmissēs
ablative sēmisse sēmissibus
vocative sēmis sēmissēs

References

  • semis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • semis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • semis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • 6 per cent (i.e. if for 100 denarii, asses, one pays half a denarius, half an as per month): semisses
    • money is plentiful at 6 per cent: semissibus magna copia est
    • 6 per cent: usurae semisses (Jurists)

Spanish

Etymology

Latin sēmis

Noun

semis m (plural semis)

  1. semis

Swedish

Noun

semis

  1. indefinite genitive singular of semi
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