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sēmen, ĭnis, n. [root sa-, sē-; cf.: sero, sevi; Saturnus, sator, etc.]. Seed.

    1. 1. Of plants, Cato, R. R. 17; 27; 31 fin.; 34; Varr. R. R. 1, 40 sq.: semen manu spargere, Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50: terra semen excepit, id. Sen. 15, 51; id. N. D. 2, 32, 81; Ov. M. 1, 108; 7, 623 et saep.
    2. 2. Of men, animals, etc., Plaut. Am. 5, 2, 9; Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 4; 2, 3, 4; 3, 7, 10 al.; Lucr. 4, 1031; 4, 1034 sq.; Cels. 4, 19; Ov. M. 1, 748; 15, 760 et saep.
    3. 3. Poet., of the elements of other bodies (of fire, water, stones, etc.): ignis semina convolvunt e nubibus, Lucr. 6, 201 sq.; 6, 444; 6, 507; 6, 841: quaerit pars semina flammae in venis silicis, Verg. A. 6, 6; Ov. M. 11, 144 et saep.: in animis quasi virtutum igniculi et semina, Cic. Fin. 5, 7, 18; so id. Div. 1, 3, 6: alicujus quaestionis, Liv. 40, 19.
  1. B. κατ’ ἐξοχήν, spelt-seed, spelt, Plin. 18, 8, 19, § 82; 18, 24, 55, § 198; Col. 2, 12, 1; cf. Isid. Orig. 17, 3, 6.
  • II. Transf.
    1. A. A shoot used for propagating; a graft, scion, set, slip, cutting, Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 5; Verg. G. 2, 354; Col. 3, 3, 4; 3, 4, 1; 5, 10, 1 et saep.
      1. 2. A stock, race (very rare): genus ac semen, Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 95; so (with genus) id. Phil. 4, 5, 13: ipsa regio semine orta, Liv. 1, 47: videndum, ut boni seminis pecus habeas, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 4.
      2. 3. Posterity, progeny, offspring, child (poet.): non tulit in cineres labi sua Phoebus eosdem Semina, sed natum flammis Eripuit, Ov. M. 2, 629; so, semina, id. ib. 10, 470; 15, 216; id. F. 2, 383; id. Tr. 2, 415; Sen. Herc. Fur. 987; Vulg. Gen. 15, 5 et saep.
  • II. Trop., as in all languages, seed, i. e. origin, occasion, ground, cause; of persons, an author, prompter, insligator, etc. (class.).
          1. (α) Sing. (the predom. signif. in Cic.): stirps ac semen malorum omnium, Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30: bellorum civilium semen et causa, id. Off. 2, 8, 29, cf. ut in seminibus est causa arborum et stirpium: sic hujus belli semen ut fuisti (for which, just before: causam belli in personā tuā constitisse), id. Phil. 2, 22, 55: sceleris, Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 21.
          2. (β) Plur.: in animis, quasi virtutum igniculi atque semina, Cic. Fin. 5, 7, 18: quod et Zeno in suis commentariis quasi semina quaedam sparsisset, id. Div. 1, 3, 6: si virtutes sunt, ad quas nobis initia quaedam ac semina sunt concessa naturā, Quint. 2, 20, 6: loquaces, seditiosos, semina discordiarum (tribunos plebis), Liv. 3, 19, 5: vix tamen illa semina erant futurae luxuriae, the small beginnings, id. 39, 6, 9; cf. id. 40, 19, 9: discordiae, Tac. H. 1, 53; 4, 18 fin.: belli, id. A. 4, 27; 16, 7: rebellionis, id. ib. 11, 19: motus, id. ib. 3, 41. futuri exitii, id. ib. 4, 60: ejus facultatis, Quint. 2, 20, 6: quamquam semina ejus (translationis) quaedam apud Aristotelen reperiuntur, id. 3, 6, 60: quaedam probationum, id. 4, 2, 54: veteris eloquentiae, Tac. Or. 33; Sen. Ep. 90, 29.

    * sēmentātĭo, ōnis, f. [semento], a sowing, the seed sown, Tert. Spect. 8.

    * sēmentĭfer, fĕra, fĕrum, adj. [sementis-fero], seed-bearing, fruitful: Seriphus, Verg. Cir. 476.

    sēmentis, is (acc. sementim, Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 75 B. and K.; Cato, R. R. 17, 2; 17, 27; 17, 30; 17, 61 fin. al.; Col. 11, 2, 81, with the var. lect. sementem, a form which appears also in Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 23; Varr. L. L. 5, § 37; Cic. Att. 9, 8, 1; id. de Or. 2, 65, 281; Liv. 23, 48; Col. 2, 15, 1; 11, 2, 90; abl. semente, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 54, § 125; Ov. F. 1, 667; Pall. Nov. 1, 1: sementi, Col. 2, 9, 15; 2, 10, 8; 2, 11, 1; 11, 2, 82; gen. plur. sementium, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 33 dub.), f. [semen].

    1. I. A seeding, sowing (freq. aud class.; syn. satio): nemo tam sine mente vivit, ut, quid sit sementis ac messis, quid arborum putatio ac vitium, omnino nesciat, Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 249; so (opp. messis) id. Verr. 2, 3, 54, § 125: sementim facito, Cato, R. R. 27; so, facere, id. ib. 30; Col. 2, 16, 1; 11, 2, 81 sq.; Liv. 23, 48: sementis tempus, Flor. 1, 11, 13.
      Plur.: sementes quam maximas facere, Caes. B. G. 1, 3; Plin. 18, 25, 59, § 223.
      Prov.: ut sementem feceris, ita metes, as you sow, so will you reap, Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 261.
      1. B. Trop., a sowing: a dis inmortalibus malorum sementem esse factam, Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 75; so, proscriptionis, id. Att. 9, 8, 1.
        Comically: hisce ego jam sementem in ore faciam pugnosque obseram, i. e. will plant blows, Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 23.
    2. II. Transf.
      1. A. Seed-time: agro sicco per sementim, Cato, R. R. 61 fin.; 17, 2: mediā sementi, Col. 2, 10, 8; cf.: prima, novissima, ultima, id. 2, 9, 2.
      2. B. Seed-corn, seed sown (very rare): ubi venit imber, multorum dierum sementis uno die surgit, Col. 2, 8, 4: aqua perfuderit sementem, Vulg. Lev. 11, 38; id. Marc. 4, 26.
        Of the seed or semen of animals, Arn. 5, 163.
      3. C. Sementes, the growing crops, the young crops, young corn: vos date perpetuos teneris sementibus auctus, Ov. F. 1, 679: tempestiviores sementes, Gell. 2, 29, 5; Vulg. Job, 39, 12.

    sēmentīvus, a, um, adj. [sementis], of or belonging to seed or sowing: feriae, that occur at seed-time, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 1; cf. id. L. L. 6, § 26 Müll.; Macr. S. 1, 16; Fest. p. 337 Müll.; called also sementiva dies, Ov. F. 1, 658: pira, perh., that are not ripe till late in autumn, late pears, frost-pears, Cato, R. R. 7, 3; Varr. R. R. 1, 59, 3; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56: pirum sementivum serum, Cloat. ap. Macr. S. 2, 15 fin.: genera frumenti, that are sown in autumn (opp. verna): sementiva autem (appellant) triticum, hordeum, fabam, Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 50: faenum, proper for sowing, Tert. Jejun. 4.

    * sēmento, āre, v. n. [sementis], to bear seed, to run to seed: herbae sementaturae, Plin. 18, 28, 67, § 259.