sēmis issis, m
semi+as,
a half-unit, one half
: HS singulos semīs accessionis dare, i.
e.
one and a half sesterces of premium
(on each medimnus): bina iugera et semisses agri adsignati,
L.—
Half an as
: non semissis homo,
not worth a groat
: (ad quincuncem) redit uncia, quid fit? Semis,
H. —Plur
abl
., as monthly interest,
at one half per cent. a month, at half a denarius for each hundred
(i. e. six per cent. per annum): semissibus magna copia (pecuniae) est.
