What does sēmidoctus mean in Latin?

sēmidoctus, a adjective, means “half-taught, half-trained, half-practised”.

How do you pronounce sēmidoctus?

In classical Latin, [seː.mɪˈdɔk.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [se.miˈdɔk.tus].

Proto-Indo-European *sem- → Proto-Indo-European *sēmi → Latin sēmidoctus.

adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

sēmidoctus (feminine sēmidocta, neuter sēmidoctum)

Classical[seː.mɪˈdɔk.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[se.miˈdɔk.tus]

singular
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sēmidoctus	sēmidocta	sēmidoctum
genitive	sēmidoctī	sēmidoctae	sēmidoctī
dative	sēmidoctō	sēmidoctae	sēmidoctō
accusative	sēmidoctum	sēmidoctam	sēmidoctum
ablative	sēmidoctō	sēmidoctā	sēmidoctō
vocative	sēmidocte	sēmidocta	sēmidoctum

plural
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sēmidoctī	sēmidoctae	sēmidocta
genitive	sēmidoctōrum	sēmidoctārum	sēmidoctōrum
dative	sēmidoctīs	sēmidoctīs	sēmidoctīs
accusative	sēmidoctōs	sēmidoctās	sēmidocta
ablative	sēmidoctīs	sēmidoctīs	sēmidoctīs
vocative	sēmidoctī	sēmidoctae	sēmidocta

sēmĭ-doctus, a, um, adj.,

I. half-taught, half-learned: discipulus, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 74: haec ut et properans et apud doctos et semidoctus ipse percurro, Cic. de Or. 2, 42, 178: grammaticus, Gell. 15, 9, 6: manus villici, Mart. 10, 92, 5.

Latin doctus Latin sēmidoctus From sēmi- (“half, semi-”) + doctus (“taught, learned”).