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sembella

sembella · f

a half

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What it meant

1. sembella — Lewis & Short

sembella, ae, f.contr. from semi and libella,

I a half-libella (a coin): sembella quod libellae dimidium, quod semis assis, Varr. L. L. 5, § 174 Müll.: eandem rationem habere assem ad semissem, quam habet in argento libella ad sembellam, id. ib. 10, § 38 ib.

2. sémbella — Walde–Hofmann

sémbella (sim-) s. oben 1 795. semel „einmal; das erstemal; ein für allemal“ (seit Enn. und Cato [auch im ut, ubi semel) rom.) semper „immer; jedesmal* (seit Plaut. (-um Isid.), [s. d.], sanei- „halb* (s. d.], rom., sempiternus „immerwährend“ seit Pit. (-um, -0 seit Cato], [-itäs seit Ps, Apul.), semper-flörium seit Ps, Apul, sempervivus seit Plin.). sémplez, -icis „einfach“ (s. d.), stmplus ds. (s. d.), singuli (s. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. sémbella, p. 1417]

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