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.