The corpus record — Latin

semesus

semesus · adj

half-eaten

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Where it lives

Vitellius 1 · 4.15/10k
Satyrarum libri 2 · 1.41/10k
Tiberius 1 · 1.1/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
Punica 3 · 0.39/10k
Epitome Rerum Romanorum 1 · 0.38/10k
Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k
Aeneid 2 · 0.32/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k
Thebais 1 · 0.16/10k
Controversiae 1 · 0.15/10k
Historiae Alexandri Magni 1 · 0.13/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

sēmēsus — Lewis & Short

sēmēsus (sēmiēsus (trisyl.), a, um, adj.semi-edo,

Verg. A. 3, 244; and 8, 297; cf. Wagn. ib. 3, 578),

I half-eaten, half-devoured, half-consumed (not ante-Aug.): praeda, Verg. A. 3, 244: ossa, id. ib. 8, 297: pisces, Hor. S. 1, 3, 81: lardi frusta, id. ib. 2, 6, 85: serpentes, Ov. M. 2, 771: lepus, Juv. 5, 167: obsonia, Suet. Tib. 34; id. Vit. 13 fin.: corpora liberorum, Petr. 141, 11: cibi, Flor. 4, 2, 69.

In the wild

semesa Seneca, Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 10.82.16.p2
semesaque Horace, Satyrarum libri 2.6.85
semesos Horace, Satyrarum libri 1.3.81
semesa Suetonius, Vitellius 13.3
semesaque Silius Italicus, Punica 6.238
semesa Vergil, Aeneid 8.297

6 of 18 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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