Semo

See also: semo, sémo, and semó

Latin

Etymology

Traditionally related to sēmen (“seed”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-. However, Weiss dismisses any connections to semen as semantically implausible, since there is no evidence connecting the god with seeds. Osthoff and Weiss independently propose an alternative derivation from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ-ó- (“powerful”) (via Proto-Italic *Seɣomō) linking Semo to Segomo (from Proto-Celtic *Segomū), a Celtic god, instead.[1]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sēmō m sg (genitive Sēmōnis); third declension

  1. (Old Latin) an ancient god
  2. An epithet of Sancus

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Sēmō
Genitive Sēmōnis
Dative Sēmōnī
Accusative Sēmōnem
Ablative Sēmōne
Vocative Sēmō

References
  1. Weiss, Michael (October 1, 2017), “An Italo-Celtic Divinity and a Common Sabellic Sound Change”, in Classical Antiquity, volume 36, issue 2, University of California Press, DOI:10.1525/ca.2017.36.2.370, ISSN 0278-6656, pages 370–389

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