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Semo

Semo · m

an ancient god that presided over the crops

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Sēmo — Lewis & Short

Sēmo, ōnis, m.probably from sēmen,

I an ancient god that presided over the crops: SEMVNIS ALTERNEI ADVOCAPIT CONCTOS, song of the Fratres Arvales, Inscr. Orell. 2270.—As an epithet of Sancus, Ov. F. 6, 214; Liv. 8, 20; Inscr. Orell. 1860; 6999.

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  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. sémo (scan pp. 641-642; entry #10604).

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