LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

sēmihomō

sēmihomō m (genitive sēmihominis)
Classical[ˈseː.mɔ.moː]Ecclesiastical[seˈmiː.o.mo]

Meaning

  1. a half-human, half-beast

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesēmihomōsēmihominēs
genitivesēmihominissēmihominum
dativesēmihominīsēmihominibus
accusativesēmihominemsēmihominēs
ablativesēmihominesēmihominibus
vocativesēmihomōsēmihominēs

sēmĭ-hŏmo, ĭnis, m.,
I. a half-man, i. e. half man and half beast.
I. Lit.: Centauri, Ov. M. 12, 536 (for which, semiferi, id. ib. 12, 406 al.; v. semifer, I.): mandragoras (because formed below like a man), Col. poët. 10, 19.—
II. Trop., half-human, i. e. half-wild, half-savage, = semifer, II.: Cacus, Verg. A. 8, 194 (for which, semifer, id. ib. 8, 267): Nasamones, Sil. 11, 180.

Origins

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

Latin homō (man) Latin sēmihomō From sēmi- (half) + homō (man).

Quick answers

What does sēmihomō mean in Latin?
sēmihomō, a noun, means “a half-human, half-beast”.
What is the genitive of sēmihomō?
The genitive singular is sēmihominis. sēmihomō is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce sēmihomō?
In classical Latin, [ˈseː.mɔ.moː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [seˈmiː.o.mo].
Where does sēmihomō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *sem- → Proto-Indo-European *sēmi → Latin sēmihomō.