What does sēmihiāns mean in Latin?

sēmihiāns, a adjective, means “half-open”.

How do you pronounce sēmihiāns?

In classical Latin, [ˈseː.mi.ãːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [seˈmiː.i.ans].

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

adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective

sēmihiāns (genitive sēmihiantis)

Classical[ˈseː.mi.ãːs]Ecclesiastical[seˈmiː.i.ans]

one terminationhalf-open
Torquātus volo parvulus mātris ē gremiō suae porrigēns tenerās manūs dulce rīdeat ad patremc. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 61.213 (pherecratean meter)

singular
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sēmihiāns	sēmihiāns	sēmihiāns
genitive	sēmihiantis	sēmihiantis	sēmihiantis
dative	sēmihiantī	sēmihiantī	sēmihiantī
accusative	sēmihiantem	sēmihiantem	sēmihiāns
ablative	sēmihiantī sēmihiante	sēmihiantī sēmihiante	sēmihiantī sēmihiante
vocative	sēmihiāns	sēmihiāns	sēmihiāns

plural
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sēmihiantēs	sēmihiantēs	sēmihiantia
genitive	sēmihiantium	sēmihiantium	sēmihiantium
dative	sēmihiantibus	sēmihiantibus	sēmihiantibus
accusative	sēmihiantīs sēmihiantēs	sēmihiantīs sēmihiantēs	sēmihiantia
ablative	sēmihiantibus	sēmihiantibus	sēmihiantibus
vocative	sēmihiantēs	sēmihiantēs	sēmihiantia

sēmĭ-hĭans, antis, adj. hio,

I. halfopened, half-open: labellum, Cat. 61, 220; cf. labiae, App. M: 10, p. 252, 32; cf. semihiulcus.

Latin hians Latin sēmihiāns From semi- + hians.