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P. and V. ὗς, ἡ (Aesch. Frag.).
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P. and V. ὗς, ἡ (Aesch. Frag.).
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v. trans.
Sow seed: P. and V. σπείρειν, κᾰτασπείρειν (Plat.), P. καταβάλλειν.
Nor ought one to sow the seeds of such mischiefs in the city even though there be not yet any likelihood of a crop: P. ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ σπέρμα δεῖ καταβάλλειν ἐν τῇ πόλει οὐδένα τοιούτων πραγμάτων, οὐδʼ εἰ μή πω ἂν ἐκφύοι (Dem. 748).
What a harvest of sorrow did you sow for me ere you perished: V. ὅσας ἀνίας μοι κατασπείρας φθίνεις(Soph. Aj. 1005).
Sow the fields: P. and V. σπείρειν.
Met., Propagate P. and V. σπείρειν (Plat.), V. κᾰτασπείρειν ; see beget.
Disseminate: P. and V. διασπείρειν, διᾰδῐδόναι, ἐκφέρειν, Ar. and V. σπείρειν.
v. trans.
Sow seed: P. and V. σπείρειν, κᾰτασπείρειν (Plat.), P. καταβάλλειν.
Nor ought one to sow the seeds of such mischiefs in the city even though there be not yet any likelihood of a crop: P. ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ σπέρμα δεῖ καταβάλλειν ἐν τῇ πόλει οὐδένα τοιούτων πραγμάτων, οὐδʼ εἰ μή πω ἂν ἐκφύοι (Dem. 748).
What a harvest of sorrow did you sow for me ere you perished: V. ὅσας ἀνίας μοι κατασπείρας φθίνεις(Soph. Aj. 1005).
Sow the fields: P. and V. σπείρειν.
Met., Propagate P. and V. σπείρειν (Plat.), V. κᾰτασπείρειν ; see beget.
Disseminate: P. and V. διασπείρειν, διᾰδῐδόναι, ἐκφέρειν, Ar. and V. σπείρειν.
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s. porca (Cato) sus (Varr.): femina sus: scrofa (for breeding; Varr.): or by circumlocution sus ad partus edendos idonea (Col.).
s. porca (Cato) sus (Varr.): femina sus: scrofa (for breeding; Varr.): or by circumlocution sus ad partus edendos idonea (Col.).
v. Transitively seminare (PROP.): serere (PROP. and figuratively). To sow land agrum seminare: to sow (seed) (semen) spargere (Cic.) jacere serere (Plin.). To sow barley wheat seminare hordeum (Col.) serere triticum (Cic.). To sow with anything serere conserere aliqua re (PROP.); obserere aliqua re (PROP. and figuratively). To sow discord civiles discordias serere. The sky sown with stars totum caelum astris distinctum et ornatum.
Intransitively sementem facere; semen spargere (Cic.) jacere serere (Plin.); semen terrae mandare; sulco deponere semina; semen ingerere solo (Col.); semen jactare demittere in terram (Varr.). Proverbially. As a man sows so shall he reap ut sementem feceris ita metes (Cic. De Or. 2 65 261). To reap where one has not sown ex aliorum laboribus laudem libare (Auctorad Her. 4 3 5). To sow to the flesh pravas sequi cupiditates (opposed to virtuti sanctitati studere Bau.).
Intransitively sementem facere; semen spargere (Cic.) jacere serere (Plin.); semen terrae mandare; sulco deponere semina; semen ingerere solo (Col.); semen jactare demittere in terram (Varr.). Proverbially. As a man sows so shall he reap ut sementem feceris ita metes (Cic. De Or. 2 65 261). To reap where one has not sown ex aliorum laboribus laudem libare (Auctorad Her. 4 3 5). To sow to the flesh pravas sequi cupiditates (opposed to virtuti sanctitati studere Bau.).
sow (a female pig):
1. scrōfa (a breeding-s.): the s. should feed her own pigs, s. suos alat oportet porcos, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, post med.: Juv. 6, 177.
2. porca: Cato R. R. 134. Also porcus femina, ib.
3. sŭs, suis, c. (but usu. fem. in poet.): a s. with pigs, s. praegnans, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, post med.: this way rushes a muddy s., hac lutulenta ruit s., Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 75.
4. apra (a wild s.): Plin. in Prisc. p. 698 P.
1. scrōfa (a breeding-s.): the s. should feed her own pigs, s. suos alat oportet porcos, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, post med.: Juv. 6, 177.
2. porca: Cato R. R. 134. Also porcus femina, ib.
3. sŭs, suis, c. (but usu. fem. in poet.): a s. with pigs, s. praegnans, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, post med.: this way rushes a muddy s., hac lutulenta ruit s., Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 75.
4. apra (a wild s.): Plin. in Prisc. p. 698 P.
sow (v.):
1. sĕro, sēvi, sătum, 3: to s. grain, frumenta s., Caes. B. G. 5, 14: one must s. vetch, serendum viciam, Varr. R. R. 1, 32, 2. Also, of the ground s.n: that field of yours is to be s.n, iste serendus ager, Ov. A. A. 2, 668: to s. furrows, s. sulcos, Tib. 2, 3, 73. Fig.: to s. civil broils, civiles discordias s., Liv. 3, 40, post med.: cf. causam discordiarum s., Suet. Cal. 26, ad fin.
2. sēmĭno, 1 (rare in this sense): to s. spelt, wheat, barley, adoreum, triticum s., Col. 2, 8, extr. Also of the ground s.n: to s. a field, agrum s., id. 2, 4, extr.
3. consĕro, sēvi, sĭtum, 3: to s. arable lands with corn, (sola) frumento c., Curt. 7, 4, post med.: a field carefully s.n, ager diligenter consitus, Cic. Sen. 17, 59.
4. dissĕro, no perf., sĭtum, 3: the Caecilian lettuce is s.n properly in January, (lactuca) Caeciliana mense Januario recte disseritur, Col. 11, 3, 26. Fig.: a portion of the vital principle s.n throughout the whole body, dissita pars animae per totum corpus, Lucr. 3, 144.
5. insĕro, sēvi, sĭtum, 3 (rare in this sense): if the corn is not s.n, si frumentum non inseritur, Col. 5, 7, 3.
6. obsĕro, sēvi, sĭtum, 3: to s. corn, o. frumentum, Pl. Trin. 2, 4, 129: to s. (cover by sowing) the earth, terram frugibus o., Cic. Leg. 2, 25, 63.
7. obruo, ui, ŭtum, 3: to s. millet, milium o., Col. 11, 2, 72: to s. beet, betam o., id. 11, 3, 42.
8. expr. by semen, with such verbs as jăcio, spargo, dēpōno, mando: to s. lettuce-seed, (lactucae) s. jacere, Plin. 19, 8, 39, § 130: to s. seed, semen spargere, Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50: to s. teeth, seed of men, dentes, mortalia semina, spargere, Ov. M. 3, 105 (expr. by dentes terrae supponere, id. M. 3, 102): (Fig.: to s. enmities for a long time, odia in longum jacere, Tac. A. 1, 69: for fig. sense, v.TO CIRCULATE , DISSEMINATE ): to s. seeds either in a ditch or furrow, deponere semina vel scrobe vel sulco, Col. 5, 4, 2: to s. seed in the ground, mandare semen terrae, Col. 1, 7, fin.: to s. barley in furrows, m. hordea sulcis, Virg. E. 5, 36: cf. semina sulcis committere, id. G. 1, 223.
9. expr. by sēmentis with facio: s., sementim facito, Cato R. R. 27: Liv. 23, 48, init. Also in plur.: to s. as extensively as possible, sementes quam maximas facere, Caes. B. G. 1, 3, init. Prov.: as you s., so will you reap, ut sementem feceris, ita metes, Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 261. Phr.: night was preparing to s. the heaven with stars, nox coelo diffundere signa parabat, Hor. S. 1, 5, 10 (v.TO STUD ): a little more than a peck is sufficient to s. an acre, jugerum paulo plus quam modius occupat, Col. 2, 10, med. Prov.: to reap where one has not s.n, ex aliorum laboribus libare laudem, Auct. Her. 4, 3, 5: cf. sub arbore, quam alius conseruit legere fructum (based on Liv. 10, 24, quam arborem consevisset, sub ea legere alium fructum indignum esse dicere).
1. sĕro, sēvi, sătum, 3: to s. grain, frumenta s., Caes. B. G. 5, 14: one must s. vetch, serendum viciam, Varr. R. R. 1, 32, 2. Also, of the ground s.n: that field of yours is to be s.n, iste serendus ager, Ov. A. A. 2, 668: to s. furrows, s. sulcos, Tib. 2, 3, 73. Fig.: to s. civil broils, civiles discordias s., Liv. 3, 40, post med.: cf. causam discordiarum s., Suet. Cal. 26, ad fin.
2. sēmĭno, 1 (rare in this sense): to s. spelt, wheat, barley, adoreum, triticum s., Col. 2, 8, extr. Also of the ground s.n: to s. a field, agrum s., id. 2, 4, extr.
3. consĕro, sēvi, sĭtum, 3: to s. arable lands with corn, (sola) frumento c., Curt. 7, 4, post med.: a field carefully s.n, ager diligenter consitus, Cic. Sen. 17, 59.
4. dissĕro, no perf., sĭtum, 3: the Caecilian lettuce is s.n properly in January, (lactuca) Caeciliana mense Januario recte disseritur, Col. 11, 3, 26. Fig.: a portion of the vital principle s.n throughout the whole body, dissita pars animae per totum corpus, Lucr. 3, 144.
5. insĕro, sēvi, sĭtum, 3 (rare in this sense): if the corn is not s.n, si frumentum non inseritur, Col. 5, 7, 3.
6. obsĕro, sēvi, sĭtum, 3: to s. corn, o. frumentum, Pl. Trin. 2, 4, 129: to s. (cover by sowing) the earth, terram frugibus o., Cic. Leg. 2, 25, 63.
7. obruo, ui, ŭtum, 3: to s. millet, milium o., Col. 11, 2, 72: to s. beet, betam o., id. 11, 3, 42.
8. expr. by semen, with such verbs as jăcio, spargo, dēpōno, mando: to s. lettuce-seed, (lactucae) s. jacere, Plin. 19, 8, 39, § 130: to s. seed, semen spargere, Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50: to s. teeth, seed of men, dentes, mortalia semina, spargere, Ov. M. 3, 105 (expr. by dentes terrae supponere, id. M. 3, 102): (Fig.: to s. enmities for a long time, odia in longum jacere, Tac. A. 1, 69: for fig. sense, v.
9. expr. by sēmentis with facio: s., sementim facito, Cato R. R. 27: Liv. 23, 48, init. Also in plur.: to s. as extensively as possible, sementes quam maximas facere, Caes. B. G. 1, 3, init. Prov.: as you s., so will you reap, ut sementem feceris, ita metes, Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 261. Phr.: night was preparing to s. the heaven with stars, nox coelo diffundere signa parabat, Hor. S. 1, 5, 10 (v.
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- at Crommyon: killed by Theseus: Apollod. E.6.3
- riddle about a pregnant: Apollod. E.6.3(See Swine)