seed
seed
subs.
P. and V. σπέρμᾰ, τό.
Met., offspring: V. σπέρμᾰ, τό, σπορά, ἡ ; see offspring.
Generative seed: P. and V. σπέρμᾰ, τό (Plat.), V. σπορά, ἡ.
Origin: P. and V. ἀρχή, ἡ, πηγή, ἡ, ῥίζᾰ, ἡ.
Germ: P. and V. σπέρμᾰ, τό.
Family race: P. and V. γένος, τό, V. γονή, ἡ, σπορά, ἡ , see race.
subs.
P. and V. σπέρμᾰ, τό.
Met., offspring: V. σπέρμᾰ, τό, σπορά, ἡ ; see offspring.
Generative seed: P. and V. σπέρμᾰ, τό (Plat.), V. σπορά, ἡ.
Origin: P. and V. ἀρχή, ἡ, πηγή, ἡ, ῥίζᾰ, ἡ.
Germ: P. and V. σπέρμᾰ, τό.
Family race: P. and V. γένος, τό, V. γονή, ἡ, σπορά, ἡ , see race.
SEED
PROP. semen. to sow seed semen spargere (Cic.); semen jacere serere (Plin.); semen solo ingerere or terras mandare (Col.); semen jactare demittere in terram (Varr.). Seed is apt not to come up semen difficulter animatur: seed comes up semen procedit or prodit. To go to seed in semen ire or abire in semina crescere.
Figuratively semen: causa. (The words are found in this connection and order.) semen et causa (Cic.): stirps: igniculi ac semina. To sow the seeds of anything sementem alicujus rei facere; velut semina jacere alicui rei (e.g. bello): nova semina ministrare alicui rei (of sowing the seeds of another war etc. bello). To sow the seeds of political troubles civiles discordias serere
PROP. semen. to sow seed semen spargere (Cic.); semen jacere serere (Plin.); semen solo ingerere or terras mandare (Col.); semen jactare demittere in terram (Varr.). Seed is apt not to come up semen difficulter animatur: seed comes up semen procedit or prodit. To go to seed in semen ire or abire in semina crescere.
Figuratively semen: causa. (The words are found in this connection and order.) semen et causa (Cic.): stirps: igniculi ac semina. To sow the seeds of anything sementem alicujus rei facere; velut semina jacere alicui rei (e.g. bello): nova semina ministrare alicui rei (of sowing the seeds of another war etc. bello). To sow the seeds of political troubles civiles discordias serere
seed (subs.):
I. That from which anything springs: sēmen, ĭnis, n. (most usu. equiv. in both lit. and fig. sense): to sow s., s. spargere, Cic. de Sen. 15, 51: old s., s. vetus, Varr. R. R. 1, 40, init.: young or green s., s. novellum s. viride, Col. (Kr.): ripe s., s. maturum, Cato R. R. 17, init.: s. tempestivum, Col. 3, 5, init.: s. is apt not to come up, s. difficulter animatur, Col. (Kr.).: s.s spring up from the ground, semina e terra exeunt, Plin. 11, 30, 36: to run to s., in s. exire, Plin. (Kr.). Fig.: the root and s. of all evils, stirps ac s. malorum omnium, Cic. Cat. 1, 12, fin.: to sow the s.s of hatreds, semina odiorum jacere, Tac. A. 12, 48: to sow the s.s of a war, semina belli jacere, Liv. 40, 16, init.: inborn s.s of virtues, s. innata virtutum, Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 2. Join: igniculi ac semina: like the sparks and s.s of virtues, quasi igniculi ac semina virtutum, id. Fin. 5, 7, 18. Phr.: to sow the s.s of political troubles, civiles discordias serere, Liv. 3, 40, fin.
II. Offspring; descendants: postĕri, prōgĕnies, etc.: v.OFFSPRING .
I. That from which anything springs: sēmen, ĭnis, n. (most usu. equiv. in both lit. and fig. sense): to sow s., s. spargere, Cic. de Sen. 15, 51: old s., s. vetus, Varr. R. R. 1, 40, init.: young or green s., s. novellum s. viride, Col. (Kr.): ripe s., s. maturum, Cato R. R. 17, init.: s. tempestivum, Col. 3, 5, init.: s. is apt not to come up, s. difficulter animatur, Col. (Kr.).: s.s spring up from the ground, semina e terra exeunt, Plin. 11, 30, 36: to run to s., in s. exire, Plin. (Kr.). Fig.: the root and s. of all evils, stirps ac s. malorum omnium, Cic. Cat. 1, 12, fin.: to sow the s.s of hatreds, semina odiorum jacere, Tac. A. 12, 48: to sow the s.s of a war, semina belli jacere, Liv. 40, 16, init.: inborn s.s of virtues, s. innata virtutum, Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 2. Join: igniculi ac semina: like the sparks and s.s of virtues, quasi igniculi ac semina virtutum, id. Fin. 5, 7, 18. Phr.: to sow the s.s of political troubles, civiles discordias serere, Liv. 3, 40, fin.
II. Offspring; descendants: postĕri, prōgĕnies, etc.: v.
σπέρμα
seed, offspring
seed of fig
κνιδόσπερμον
nettle-seed
κόκκος
a grain, seed
κόκκων
a pomegranate-seed
πηγανόσπερμον
rue-seed
πιτυΐς
pine-seed
πρασόσπερμον
leek-seed
σπερματία
seed
σποραῖος
seeds
χορτόσπερμον
grass-seed
ἀρακόσπερμον
aracus-seed
ἀρσένωμα
seed of the male
ὀπόφυλλον
the seed of the σίλφιον
ὀροβοειδής
like vetch-seed
ὀρόβιον
seeds of ὄροβος, bitter vetch; meal from these seeds
seed, offspring
appearing fewer than 50 times
κεγχραμίςseed of fig
κνιδόσπερμον
nettle-seed
κόκκος
a grain, seed
κόκκων
a pomegranate-seed
πηγανόσπερμον
rue-seed
πιτυΐς
pine-seed
πρασόσπερμον
leek-seed
σπερματία
seed
σποραῖος
seeds
χορτόσπερμον
grass-seed
ἀρακόσπερμον
aracus-seed
ἀρσένωμα
seed of the male
ὀπόφυλλον
the seed of the σίλφιον
ὀροβοειδής
like vetch-seed
ὀρόβιον
seeds of ὄροβος, bitter vetch; meal from these seeds