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sēmĭ-vīvus , a, um, adj.,
I.half-alive, half-dead, almost dead (class.; syn. semianimis).
I. Lit.: “ibi hominem fumo excruciatum, semivivum reliquit,” Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 17, § 45: “Bibulum semivivum reliquerunt,” id. Att. 7, 2, 8; id. Pis. 14, 31; Sen. Brev. Vit. 13; Nep. Eum. 4, 4; Vulg. Luc. 10, 30.—
II. Trop.: “cum erat reclamatum semivivis mercenariorum vocibus,” with half-expiring words, Cic. Sest. 59, 126.
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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    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 7.2.8
    • New Testament, Luke, 10.30
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.1.45
    • Cicero, Against Piso, 14.31
    • Cicero, For Sestius, 59.126
    • Cornelius Nepos, Eumenes, 4.4
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