English

Noun

semis

1. plural of semi

Etymology 2

From Latin sēmis.

Noun

semis ‎(plural semises)

1. A small bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic, valued at half an as.

Translations

Anagrams

• seism

French

Etymology

Latin sēmis.

Noun

semis m ‎(plural semis)

1. A technique in agriculture for planting seeds on a terrain.

Anagrams

• mises, misse

Latin

Etymology

From sēmi- ‎(“half”) + ās ‎(“a whole, a penny”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈseː.mis/, [ˈseː.mɪs]

Noun

sēmis m ‎(genitive sēmissis); third declension

1. a half, a half-unit
2. a coin worth half an ās

Inflection

Third declension.

References

• semis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• semis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “semis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • 6 per cent (i.e. if for 100 denarii, asses, one pays half a denarius, half an as per month): semisses
    
  • money is plentiful at 6 per cent: semissibus magna copia est
    
  • 6 per cent: usurae semisses (Jurists)
    

Spanish

Etymology

Latin sēmis

Noun

semis m ‎(plural semises)

1. semis

Swedish

Noun

semis

1. indefinite genitive singular of semi