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semino

semino, to sow, bring forth, produce

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

sēminō, āvī, ātus, 1, a.: to plant, sow; produce, 6.206. (sēmen)
sēmĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [semen], to sow (rare; not in Cic.; syn.: sero, planto).
  • I Lit.: adoreum, triticum, hordeum, etc., Col. 2, 8, 1; 2, 8, 3; 2, 9, 15; 2, 9, 16: agrum, id. 2, 4 fin.—
    • B Transf.
      • 1 To beget, engender, procreate: alter decumo post mense nascetur puer quam seminatus est, Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 20 (482): armenta, Col. 6, 24, 1; 6, 24, 3; 6, 37, 4 sq.—*
      • 2 Of plants, to bring forth, produce: viscum quod non sua seminat arbos, Verg. A. 6, 206.—
  • II Trop.: cultum dei per terram, to plant, propagate, disseminate, Lact. 4, 10, 3; 1, 22, 26; 4, 25, 2.

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