English

Noun

semita ‎(plural semitae)

1. A fasciole of a spatangoid sea urchin.

Italian

Adjective

semita m ‎(feminine singular semita, masculine plural semiti, feminine plural semite)

1. Semitic

Synonyms

• semitico

Noun

semita m ‎(plural semiti) semita f ‎(plural semite)

1. Semite

Related terms

• antisemita

Anagrams

• astemi, mestai

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *sēmitā, from Proto-Indo-European *swé(d) ‎(“by oneself; away, without”) +‎ *(h₂)mey- ‎(“change, exchange”) +‎ *-téh₂. For *swé(d), compare sē-, sē, sed. For *(h₂)mey-, compare meō.^[1][2] The LIV disagrees with De Vaans' reconstruction of *h₂mey- but prefers *mey-,^[3] though Beekes agrees with De Vaan.^[4]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈseː.mi.ta/, [ˈseː.mɪ.ta]

Noun

sēmita f ‎(genitive sēmitae); first declension

1. narrow way, footpath

Declension

First declension.

Derived terms

• sēmita convīcīnālis
• sēmitālis
• sēmitārius
• sēmitātim
• sēmitātrīcēs deae
• sēmitātus
• sēmitō

Descendants

References

• sēmĭta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• semita in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sēmĭta”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 1,420/3.
• “sēmita” on page 1,732/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• “sēmita” on page 1,909/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)

1. ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “meō, meāre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 373-374
2. ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “sē-, se-, sō-, so-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 549-550
3. ↑ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, ISBN 3-89500-219-4, page 426
4. ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἀμείβω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 85-86

Portuguese

Noun

semita m f (plural semitas)

1. Semite (member of the Semites, an ethnic group of the Middle East)

Adjective

semita m, f ‎(plural semitas, comparable)

1. Semitic (relating to the Semites)
2. (linguistics) Semitic (relating to the Semitic language family)

Synonyms

• semítico

Spanish

Pronunciation

• Homophone: cemita (Americas)

Adjective

semita m, f ‎(plural semitas)

1. Semitic

Noun

semita m, f ‎(plural semitas)

1. Semite
2. (Bolivia, Ecuador, El Salvador, feminine only) a kind of biscuit

Related terms

• semítico
• semitismo
• semitista
• semitanet