semesus

sēmēsus (sēmiēsus (trisyl.), Verg. A. 3, 244; and 8, 297; cf. Wagn. id. ib. 3, 578), a, um, adj. [semi-edo],

• half-eaten, half-devoured, half-consumed (not ante-Aug.): praeda, Verg. A. 3, 244: ossa, id. ib. 8, 297: pisces, Hor. S. 1, 3, 81: lardi frusta, id. ib. 2, 6, 85: serpentes, Ov. M. 2, 771: lepus, Juv. 5, 167: obsonia, Suet. Tib. 34; id. Vit. 13 fin.: corpora liberorum, Petr. 141, 11: cibi, Flor. 4, 2, 69.

sēmēsus, a, um (semi u. esus), halbverzehrt, praeda, ossa, Verg.: facies, Sen. rhet.: reliquiae, Pacu v. tr. bei Cic. Tusc. 1, 106 Mueller pisces, Hor.: opsonia, Suet.: corpora liberorum, Petron. – ➳ Im Verg. hat Ladewig noch semiesus (semjesus zu lesen); Ribbeck schreibt im Verg. u. Fritzsche im Hor. semessus.

semesus [CL], half-eaten. b (transf.) half eaten-away. s1139 ~is epulis ad pugnam prosilirent W. Malm. HN 469 p. 27; ~us, ex parte comestus Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 564.  b famis injuria et inclementia aeris tabe simul ac macie ~um corpus illud affecerant Ailr. Ed. Conf. 754B; est fervoris amor, seu tanti fervor amoris, / ut labiis lepra semesis oscula blande / imprimat H. Avr. Hugh 1053.

sēmēsus, (13) a, um (semi, esus), à demi mangé, demi rongé : Virg. En. 3, 244 ; Hor. S. 2, 6, 85 ; semesa obsonia Suet. Tib. 34, mets entamés, restes de table, rogatons.

semesus , a, um. adj. (edo.)
半食者。

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