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sēmustus (sēmĭ-ustus ), a, um, adj. uro,
I.half-burned (not ante-Aug.).
I. Lit.: Enceladi semustum fulmine corpus. Verg. A. 3, 578: “robora,” id. ib. 5, 697: “facem,” Ov. F. 4, 167; Sil. 3, 16; Stat. Th. 12, 439 al.: “forum,” Liv. 26, 27: “simulacra,” id. 31, 30; Vell. 2, 119, 6: “tectorum vestigia lacera et semusta,” Tac. A. 15, 40; Suet. Dom. 15 al.—
II. Trop.: “se populare incendium priore consulatu semustum effugisse,” Liv. 22, 40, 3.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 3.578
    • Suetonius, Domitianus, 15
    • Tacitus, Annales, 15.40
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 26, 27
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 22, 40
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 31, 30
    • Statius, Thebias, 12
    • Ovid, Fasti, 4
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