semisupinus

Latin

Etymology

From sēmi- (“half, semi-”) +‎ supīnus (“lying on one's back”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

sēmisupīnus (feminine sēmisupīna, neuter sēmisupīnum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. half lying back, partially reclining
    • 2 CE, Ovid, The Art of Love 3.788:
      mille modi veneris; simplex minimique laboris,
      cum iacet in dextrum semisupina latus.
      Love has a thousand postures; the simplest and the least fatiguing
      is to lie on your right side, half-reclining.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative sēmisupīnus sēmisupīna sēmisupīnum sēmisupīnī sēmisupīnae sēmisupīna
genitive sēmisupīnī sēmisupīnae sēmisupīnī sēmisupīnōrum sēmisupīnārum sēmisupīnōrum
dative sēmisupīnō sēmisupīnae sēmisupīnō sēmisupīnīs
accusative sēmisupīnum sēmisupīnam sēmisupīnum sēmisupīnōs sēmisupīnās sēmisupīna
ablative sēmisupīnō sēmisupīnā sēmisupīnō sēmisupīnīs
vocative sēmisupīne sēmisupīna sēmisupīnum sēmisupīnī sēmisupīnae sēmisupīna

References

  • “semisupinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “semisupinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “semisupinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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