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单词 semigod
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semigodn.

Etymology: semi- prefix 1b; frequently used to render Latin sēmideus, Greek ἡμίθεος.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsemigod.
A demigod.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > demigod or hero
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a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 41 Þei had doute, whan he was ded, whethir þei schuld anoumbir him among þe hie goddis or semigoddes.
1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake sig. B2v Some semi-God, more then a mortall creature.
1616 B. Jonson Golden Age Restor'd 128 in Wks. I Yonder soules..in Elysian bowres..That for their liuing good, now semigods are made.
1618 G. Chapman tr. Hesiod Georgicks i. 254 Diuine Heroes; That the surnames bore Of Semigods.
1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture II. 21/2 Semi-Gods and Heroes to be Guardians over Cities.
1831 T. Keightley Mythol. Anc. Greece & Italy 259 The divine race of heroes, in former times called Semigods.
1860 R. W. Emerson Culture in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 113 Can rules or tutors educate The semigod whom we await?
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