semen
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -iːmən
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[edit] Etymology
[edit] Noun
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semen (uncountable)
- The fluid, produced in male reproductive organs of an animal, that contains the reproductive cells.
[edit] Synonyms
- (Male reproductory fluid): ejaculate, sperm (slang): jissom, jism, jizz, spunk, cum, seed, spurt
- See also Wikisaurus:semen
[edit] Translations
male reproductory fluid
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[edit] Latin
[edit] Noun
sēmen (genitive sēminis); n, third declension
- seed (of plants)
- semen
- graft
- offspring
- cause
- (poetic) seed (of the elements of other bodies (of fire, water, stones, etc.))
- Lucretius, De Rerum Natura
- et ignis semina convolvunt e nubibus.
- and the seeds of fire roll from the clouds.
- et ignis semina convolvunt e nubibus.
- Lucretius, De Rerum Natura
[edit] Inflection
Third declension, neuter variation (3:N).
| Number | Singular | Plural |
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| nominative | sēmen | sēmina |
| genitive | sēminis | sēminum |
| dative | sēminī | sēminibus |
| accusative | sēmen | sēmina |
| ablative | sēmine | sēminibus |
| vocative | sēmen | sēmina |