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sēmĭ-dĕus , a, um, adj.,
I.half-divine: “heroes,” i. e. the Argonauts, Stat. Th. 5, 373; “called also, reges,” id. ib. 3, 518; id. Acnill. 2, 363: “parentes,” id. Th. 9, 376: “Manes,” Luc. 9, 7: “canes,” i. e. Anubis, id. 8, 832 (al. semicanes dei): “Dryades,” Ov. H. 4, 49: “Nymphae semideumque genus,” id. Ib. 82; cf.: “Silvanus arbiter umbrae Semideumque pecus,” i. e. the Pans, Stat. Th. 6, 112.— Hence, subst.
1. sēmĭ-dĕus , i, m., a demigod: “semideique deique,” Ov. M. 14, 673; 1, 192.—
2. sēmĭ-dĕa , ae, f., a demigoddess: “tres volucres, tres semideae, tres semipuellae,” i. e. the Sirens, Aus. Idyll. 11, 21.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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