sēmen

sēm + -en

From Proto-Italic *sēmen, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥ (“seed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈseː.men/, [ˈs̠eːmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.men/, [ˈsɛːmen]

Noun

sēmen n (genitive sēminis); third declension

1. seed (of plants) [ quotations ▼]

   Semen manu spargere. ― To scatter seed by hand.

2. semen
3. graft
4. offspring
5. cause
6. (poetic) seed (of the elements of other bodies (of fire, water, stones, etc.))