noun
semis
SEH-mihs
noun
1
A small bronze coin used in ancient Rome, worth half of an as.
"The museum displayed a worn semis found near the old marketplace."
How to Use Semis
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn old Roman half-coin, mostly of interest to historians and coin collectors today.
Word Forms
semises plural
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Etymology
Borrowed directly from Latin sēmis, meaning "a half."