Logeion | semenstris

sēmēnstris, s. 1. sēmēstris u. 2. sēmēstris.

1 semenstris, 1 semestris [CL] 1 that lasts six months. b (as sb. n.) period of six months. c1212 effluxerat tempus ~enstre ita quod ad episcopum ‥ donatio ‥ devoluta Reg. Linc. I 44; 1241 tempus ~enstre breve est CurR XVI 1790; 1260 quod propter hoc tempus ~estre a tempore vacacionis dicte ecclesie non labatur Cl 162; 1281 usque ad ~estre tempus Reg. Ebor. 75; ante tempus ~estre Fleta 331 (cf. Bracton f. 248: ante lapsum sex mensium); 1315 per ~estre temporis spacium Reg. Durh. II 713. b 1473 quod ‥ infra ~estre a die presentacionis ‥ novam provisionem a sede predicta obtineat (Lit. Papae) Mon. Hib. & Scot. 473a. 2 (understood as) of or for sowing (cf. CL semen). c1230 debet semen domini seminare per totum ~e tempus (Cust. Chisenbury) Doc. Bec 56; c1245 percipere debet in yeme completo tempore semestr' plenum sellopum frumenti (Cust. Ogbourne St George) Ib. 31.

2 semenstris, 2 semestris [CL], half a month old (in quot. w. ref. to ~enstris luna, half-month-old moon, full moon, round). rownde ‥ circularis, ~estris CathA.

sēmēnstris, v. semestris

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sē-mēnstris², e (mensis) (Apul.) een halve maand oud [luna volle].

sē-mēnstris¹, e = semestris.

sēmēnstris or sēmēstris e, adj.

sex+mensis, half-yearly, semi-annual, lasting six months: regnum: imperium, Cs.: censura, L.: dux, L.: infans, six months old, L.: Semenstri vatum digitos circumligat auro, i. e. the ring of a military tribune, with a six months' commission, Iu.

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