LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjective · neutersecond declension

sēmicoleopteron

sēmicoleopteron n (genitive sēmicoleopterī)
Classical[seː.mɪ.kɔ.ɫeˈɔp.tɛ.rɔn]Ecclesiastical[se.mi.ko.leˈɔp.te.ron]

Meaning

  1. hemelytron; a partially thickened forewing that resembles a beetle's coleopteron/elytron
    Rostrum inflexum sub pectore. Alæ vel semicoleoptera: alis superioribus dimidiato cartilagineis vel alteri sexui tantum.1761, Nicolaus Poda von Neuhaus, Insecta musei Graecensis, page 9:

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesēmicoleopteronsēmicoleoptera
genitivesēmicoleopterīsēmicoleopterōrum
dativesēmicoleopterōsēmicoleopterīs
accusativesēmicoleopteronsēmicoleoptera
ablativesēmicoleopterōsēmicoleopterīs
vocativesēmicoleopteronsēmicoleoptera

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
  3. Latinsēmicoleopteron

Latin coleopteron Latin sēmicoleopteron From sēmi- + coleopteron.

Quick answers

What does sēmicoleopteron mean in Latin?
sēmicoleopteron, a adjective, means “hemelytron; a partially thickened forewing that resembles a beetle's coleopteron/elytron”.
How do you pronounce sēmicoleopteron?
In classical Latin, [seː.mɪ.kɔ.ɫeˈɔp.tɛ.rɔn]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [se.mi.ko.leˈɔp.te.ron].
Where does sēmicoleopteron come from?
Proto-Indo-European *sem- → Proto-Indo-European *sēmi → Latin sēmicoleopteron.