dis-sēmĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
Lit., to scatter seed, to sow; hence, trop., to spread abroad, disseminate (rare, but good prose); coupled with spargere, Cic. Arch. 12, 30; cf. id. Planc. 23, 56: malum latius opinione, id. Cat. 4, 3 fin.: causam morbi, Just. 12, 13 fin.: cupidines populis, App. M. 5 fin.: rumorem, Amm. 29, 6 al.: scientiam, Vulg. Prov. 15, 7.