As far as pre-12c. sources go, there's a long section on nocturnal emissions in
the context of monks and monastic purity in John Cassian. I think this was
perceived as a problem, whether medical or spiritual, long before the 12th c!
Unfortunately my photocopies of Cassian are in my office, where I am not, but I
think there are descriptive section headings in the edition. It was not
translated with the rest of Cassian, as I recall, no doubt for the same reasons
as led late 19th and early 20th century lexicographers to define certain L
words in Greek (and those Greek words with the Latin words you started out
looking for)....
Abigail
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