Semo

See also: semo, sémo, and semó

Ingrian

Etymology

From Semena (“Simeon”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsemo/, [ˈs̠e̞mo̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsemoi̯/, [ˈʃe̞mo̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -emo, -emoi̯
• Hyphenation: Se‧mo

Proper noun

Semo

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Simon

Declension

Declension of Semo (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	Semo	Semot
genitive	Semon	Semmoin, Semoloin
partitive	Semmoa	Semoja, Semoloja
illative	Semmoo	Semmoi, Semoloihe
inessive	Semos	Semois, Semolois
elative	Semost	Semoist, Semoloist
allative	Semolle	Semoille, Semoloille
adessive	Semol	Semoil, Semoloil
ablative	Semolt	Semoilt, Semoloilt
translative	Semoks	Semoiks, Semoloiks
essive	Semonna, Semmoon	Semoinna, Semoloinna, Semmoin, Semoloin
exessive1)	Semont	Semoint, Semoloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 519

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.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈseː.moː/, [ˈs̠eːmoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.mo/, [ˈsɛːmo]

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

Further reading

• “Semo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press