seminex Latin · revision 34415

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=70–19 BC, Virgil|origins=ine-pro *neḱ-s}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈseː.mɪ.nɛks]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈsɛː.mi.neks]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sēminex''' (genitive sēminecis); third-declension one-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ The OLD finds no nominative or genitive singular in its quotations;^(OLD 2012) Georges cites the nominative only from glossaries and the genitive singular ''sēminecis'' from late authors.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sēmi-|nex|t1=half|t2=death, violent death]],^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014) The noun [[m|la|nex]] goes back, according to de Vaan, to [[itc-pro|*nek-]] and [[ine-pro|*neḱ-s|t=death]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ Cognate with [[grc|νεκρός|tr=nekrós|t=dead body, dead person]] and [[sa|नश्यति|tr=náśyati|t=to perish, disappear]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler records it first in Virgil,^(Köbler 2010) who uses it of a half-dead serpent (''seminecem lacerumque'') and of a man from whom arms are taken while he is still half alive.^(Conte 2010)^(Lewis 1890)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means half-dead, of people and animals.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Livy uses it of a man found half-dead, Tacitus of men left half-dead, and Ovid of limbs still quivering (''semineces artus'').^(Lewis 1890)^(Gaffiot 2016) Silius Italicus speaks of breathing out a half-extinguished life.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Georges 1913)

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+ Medieval writers in Britain use it in verse and prose; an English–Latin word list gives it for “half dead”.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it in the Aeneid.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of a man found half-dead.^(Lewis 1890)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of quivering limbs.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of men left half-dead.^(Lewis 1890)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 8th century – Bede uses it in his verse Life of Cuthbert.^(DMLBS)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|half-dead|alt=Half-dead]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014)

+ # ''(of limbs)'' Still quivering, not yet cold.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nex]]

+ * [[sēmianimis]]

+ * [[sēmivīvus]]

+ * [[necō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}