adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
sēmirutus
sēmirutus (feminine sēmiruta, neuter sēmirutum)
Classical[seːˈmɪ.rʊ.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[seˈmiː.ru.tus]
Meaning
- adjectivehalf-demolished
īnstruit deinde aciem, ut locī nātūra patiēbātur, in sēmirutae solō urbis et nātūrā inaequālī, et omnia, quae arte bellī secundā suīs ēligī praeparārīve poterant, prōvīdit.
59 BCE – 17 CE, Titus Livius, Ab urba condita 5.49.4
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
ex parte dīrutussēmirutus -a -um — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 18
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sēmirutus | sēmiruta | sēmirutum |
| genitive | sēmirutī | sēmirutae | sēmirutī |
| dative | sēmirutō | sēmirutae | sēmirutō |
| accusative | sēmirutum | sēmirutam | sēmirutum |
| ablative | sēmirutō | sēmirutā | sēmirutō |
| vocative | sēmirute | sēmiruta | sēmirutum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sēmirutī | sēmirutae | sēmiruta |
| genitive | sēmirutōrum | sēmirutārum | sēmirutōrum |
| dative | sēmirutīs | sēmirutīs | sēmirutīs |
| accusative | sēmirutōs | sēmirutās | sēmiruta |
| ablative | sēmirutīs | sēmirutīs | sēmirutīs |
| vocative | sēmirutī | sēmirutae | sēmiruta |
sēmĭ-rŭtus, a, um, adj. ruo,
I. halfpulled down, half-overthrown, half-demolished, half-destroyed, half-ruined (not anteAug.;
freq. in the historians, esp. in Liv.): murus, Liv. 31, 26; 32, 17: tecta, id. 10, 4; Luc. 1, 24: vallum, Tac. A. 1, 61: castella, Liv. 28, 44; Tac. A. 4, 25: urbs, Liv. 5, 49; 31, 24: plus negotii fuit cum semirutā Karthagine quam cum integrā, Flor. 2, 15, 13: patria, Liv. 26, 32 et saep.: telae confuso stamine, half-torn, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 155. —Neutr. plur. as subst.: sēmĭrŭta, ōrum, n.: partim per semiruta partim scalis integros muros transcendere, the halfdemolished parts of the wall, Liv. 36, 24, 6 (dub.; Weissenb. semirutos): semiruta moenium, App. Flor. 2, p. 350, 30.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
sēmi-rutus adj.,
half-razed, half-overthrown, half-demolished, half-destroyed, half-ruined: murus, L.: tecta, L.: castella, L.: patria, L.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
- Latinsēmirutus
Latin rutus Latin sēmirutus From semi- + rutus.