semideus

sēmĭdĕus, a, um, adj.,

• half-divine: heroes, i. e. the Argonauts, Stat. Th. 5, 373; called also, reges, id. ib. 3, 518; id. Achill. 2, 363: parentes, id. Th. 9, 376: Manes, Luc. 9, 7: canes, i. e. Anubis, id. 8, 832 (al. semicanes dei): Dryades, Ov. H. 4, 49: Nymphae semideumque genus, id. Ib. 82; cf.: Silvanus arbiter umbrae Semideumque pecus, i. e. the Pans, Stat. Th. 6, 112.— Hence, subst.
• • • 1 sēmĭ-dĕus, i, m., a demigod: semideique deique, Ov. M. 14, 673; 1, 192.—
    • 2 sēmĭ-dĕa, ae, f., a demigoddess: tres volucres, tres semideae, tres semipuellae, i. e. the Sirens, Aus. Idyll. 11, 21.

sēmi-deus, a, um, halbgöttlich, subst. der Halbgott, die Halbgöttin, heroes, Stat.: dryades, Ov.: canes, Anubis, Lucan.: Roma, Prud.: semideum genus, v. den Nerëiden, Ov.: pecus, v. den Panen, Stat. – semideique deique, Ov.: tres semideae, v. den Sirenen, Auson.: hunc Platonem Labeo inter semideos commemorandum putavit, Augustin. de civ. dei 2, 14, 2: vgl. 2, 15. – ➳ Genet. Plur. semideûm, Stat. Theb. 1, 206 u. 5, 273. Sidon. carm. 23, 252. Apul. de Plat. 2, 23 extr.

semideus [CL], half-divine being, demigod. deus componitur ~us, et deicultor, et deificus Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 164; ipsum [sc. Platonem] inter ~os venerandum Labeo scribit ut quiddam majus homine, minus deo fuisse doceatur J. Sal. Pol. 647B; nos autem non ~os qui nulli sunt, sed nec heroes ob perfidie notam aliquos dicimus Id. Met. 936D; ~os Map NC IV 6 f. 48 (v. semidea); Dives semideus esset, si precio / a mortis eximi posset imperio Walt. Wimb. Sim. 64; rex tanquam ~us in omnibus suis promissis debet [esse] verax Cop. Pri. S. Andr. 7.

sēmĭdĕus, (16) m. , demi-dieu : Ov. M. 14, 673 ; semideum [gén. pl.] pecus Stat. Th. 6, 112, les Pans ou Faunes ; semidei reges Stat. Th. 3, 518, les Argonautes ; semideus canis Luc. 8, 832, Anubis.

semideus , a, um. adj.
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sēmi-deus adj.,

• half-divine: Dryades, O.: genus, O.—As substm., a demigod: semideique deique, O.