semipes

sēmĭ-pēs, pĕdis, m.

• A half-foot, half a foot.
• • • 1 As a measure of length, Cato R. R. 123; Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 15: latum semipede, Vitr. 2, 3: minimi semipedum mensura, Plin. 9, 5, 4, § 11: non altiores quino semipede, id. 17, 11, 16, § 80: intervallo duum pedum et semipedis, id. 17, 20, 33, § 144.—
    • 2 A half-foot in verse, Varr. ap. Gell. 18, 15, 2; Aus. Ep. 4, 86; Aug. de Musica, 5, 11.—
• II Half-lame: crure trunco semipes, Prud. στεΦ. 2, 150.

sēmi-pēs, pedis, m., I) ein halber Fuß, a) als Maß, Scriptt. r. r. u.a. – b) ein halber Versfuß, Varro bei Gell. 18, 15, 2. Auson. epist. 4, 87. Augustin. de music . 5, 4. § 7 u.a. – Nbf. semipedius, Mar. Victorin. (VI) 166, 28. – II) halbfüßig = halblahm, Prud. perist. 2, 150.

semipes [CL] 1 deformed in one foot. vel crure trunco semipes [gl.: healffeþe] / breviorve planta ex altera / gressum trahebat inparem GlP 566. 2 (as linear measure) half a foot. terra mundissima ~edis spissitudine fundamento ‥ superjecta Gosc. Transl. Aug. 27B. 3 half a metrical foot. pentimemeris est, ubi post duos pedes invenitur ~es, qui versum dividat et partem terminet orationis Bede AM 117; cum per spondeos fiunt ‥ et in hac quinta syllaba ~edem, in illa tenet septima Ib.; metrum iambicum tetrametrum colophon, quod Anacreontium dicitur, recipit anapestum, duos iambos, et ~em Ib. 136.

sēmĭpēs, (13) ĕdis, m. , demi-pied [mesure] : Cato Agr. ; Varro R. 3, 5, 15 ; Vitr. Arch. 2, 3 || demi-pied [de vers] : Gell. 18, 15, 2 || estropié [qui a une jambe coupée] : Prud. Perist. 2, 150.

semipes , edis. m.
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