to sow

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sūmen, inis, n. [contr. from sugimen, sugmen, from sugo], a breast, of women (syn.: uber, mamma).

Lit.

In gen.: manus lactanti in sumine sidat, Lucil. ap. Non. 458, 7.—

In partic., a sow ' s udder, the paps of a sow (esteemed a delicacy by the Romans):

pernam, abdomen, sumen, suis glandium,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 44; id. Ps. 1, 2, 33; id. Capt. 4, 3, 4; Plin. 11, 37, 84, § 211; Mart. 13, 44, 1.—

Meton., a sow, a hog, Juv. 12, 73. —

Transf., the fat part, the richest portion: (Caesar Vopiscus) campos Roseae Italiae dixit esse sumen, Varr R. R. 1, 7, 10; Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 32.

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con-sĕro, sēvi, sĭtum or sătum, 3, v. a. ( perf. conseruerit, Col. 3, 4, 2; Aur. Vict. Epit. 37, 3; Dig. 6, 1, 38; v. 1. sero).

To sow or plant with something (class.).

Lit.:

agros,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; Verg. E. 1, 73; Cato, R. R. 6, 1; Dig. 7, 1, 9, § 6; cf.:

ager diligenter consitus,

Cic. Sen. 17, 59:

ager arbustis consitus,

Sall. J. 53, 1; and:

consitus an incultus (locus),

Quint. 5, 10, 37:

Ismara Baccho (i. e. vino),

Verg. G. 2, 38:

vineam malleolo,

Col. 5, 5, 6:

arva frumento,

Curt. 7, 4, 26.— Absol.:

in alieno fundo,

Dig. 6, 1, 38:

in alienum fundum,

ib. 41, 1, 9.—

Transf.:

arva mūliebria (Venus),

Lucr. 4, 1107; cf. Sol. 9 fin. —Hence, conserentes dii, who preside over generation, Arn. 5, 169.—

Transf., of columns, to plant, set:

aera (rostra) columnis consita,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 49.—

Trop.:

(sol) lumine conserit arva,

strews, fills, Lucr. 2, 211: consitus sum Senectute, * Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 4: caeca mentem caligine Theseus consitus, * Cat. 64, 208.—

To sow, plant:

olivetum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 24:

hoc genus oleae,

Cato, R. R. 6, 1:

arborem,

Liv. 10, 24, 5; Curt. 6, 5, 14; 7, 2, 22:

zizyphum,

Pall. Apr. 4:

palmas,

id. Oct. 12:

(vitem) Narbonicam,

Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 43; Cato ap. Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 46.—

Transf. (cf. I. B. supra): extra vallum stili caeci, mirabilem in modum consiti, set, Auct. B. Afr. 31.

con-sĕro, sĕrŭi, sertum, 3 ( perf. consevisti, Fronto, Ep. ad Ver. 8), v. a., to connect, entwine, tie, join, fit, bind into a whole (syn.: conecto, conjungo, contexo, etc.; class. in prose and poetry; most freq. in the signif. II. B., and in the histt.).

In gen.

Lit.

With acc. with or without abl.:

lorica conserta hamis auroque,

Verg. A. 3, 467; cf.:

tegumen spinis,

id. ib. 3, 594 (illigatum spinis, Serv.); cf. Tac. G. 17: monile margaritis gemmisque, * Suet. Galb. 18:

vincula, quīs conserta erant vehicula,

Curt. 9, 1, 17; cf.:

conserta navigia,

entangled, id. 4, 3, 18:

scutis super capita consertis,

overlapping, id. 5, 3, 23:

rudis arbor conseritur (for navigating),

Luc. 3, 512; cf. id. 4, 136.—

With acc. and dat.:

alium (truncum) alii quasi nexu conserunt,

Curt. 6, 5, 15.—

Trop.:

quid juvat nocti conseruisse diem?

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 10:

exodia conserta fabellis Atellanis,

Liv. 7, 2, 11;

v. exodium: virtutes consertae et inter se cohaerentes,

Sen. Ep. 90, 3: ita ordo rerum tribus momentis consertus est, * Quint. 5, 10, 71:

sermonem,

to interchange words, converse, Curt. 8, 12, 5; Fronto l. l.—

In partic.

To join, connect, unite together:

teneros sinus,

Tib. 1, 8, 36:

femur femori,

id. 1, 8, 26; cf.:

latus lateri,

Ov. H. 2, 58.—

Esp., to unite in hostility, for contest, to bring together; so most freq. manum or manus, to engage in close combat, to join hand to hand, to join battle:

signa contulit, manum conseruit, magnas copias hostium fudit,

Cic. Mur. 9, 20; so Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 3; Sall. J. 50, 4; Nep. Dat. 8, 4; id. Ages. 3, 6; Liv. 21, 41, 4 al.:

manum cum hoste,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll.; Cic. Att. 7, 20, 1; Nep. Hann. 4, 2:

manus inter se,

Sall. H. 1, 41, 19 Dietsch; Liv. 7, 40, 14; Ov. H. 12, 100:

manus cum imparibus,

Liv. 6, 12, 8:

cum hoste manus,

id. 21, 39, 3:

consertis deinde manibus,

id. 1, 25, 5:

dextras,

Stat. S. 1, 6, 60:

pugnam,

Liv. 21, 50, 1; cf. id. 21, 8, 7; Tac. A. 2, 10:

pugnam inter se,

Liv. 32, 10, 8:

pugnam seni,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 43:

proelia,

Verg. A. 2, 398; Liv. 5, 36, 5; Curt. 8, 13, 12:

certamen,

Liv. 35, 4, 2:

bella,

Val. Fl. 3, 31:

bella bellis,

Luc. 2, 442:

acies,

Sil. 1, 339; cf.:

conserta acies,

hand-to-hand fighting, Tac. A. 6, 35.— Mid.:

navis conseritur,

enters the fight, Liv. 21, 50, 3:

duo acerrimā pugnā conserti exercitus,

Val. Max. 3, 2, 1.—Rarely absol.:

levis armatura ab lateribus cum levi armaturā,

Liv. 44, 4, 6.—

Trop.:

haud ignotas belli artes inter se conserebant,

Liv. 21, 1, 2.—

Transf., of judicial controversy: manum in jure or ex jure conserere, to make a joint seizure (this was done by the litigant parties laying hands at the same time upon the thing in dispute, each one claiming it as his own): si qui in jure manum conserunt, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 10, 7: non ex jure manum consertum sed mage ferro rem repetunt, Enn. ib. § 4 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.); cf. also Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll., and Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2: ibi ego te ex jure manum consertum voco, etc., I summon you in an action for possession, etc., a judic. formula in Cic. Mur. 12, 26; id. de Or. 1, 10, 41.—Hence, * con-sertē, adv., from consertus, a, um (acc. to I. A.), not used as P. a., as if bound or fastened together, in connection:

omnia necesse est conligatione naturali conserte contexteque fieri,

Cic. Fat. 14, 32.

con-sĕro, sēvi, sĭtum or sătum, 3, v. a. ( perf. conseruerit, Col. 3, 4, 2; Aur. Vict. Epit. 37, 3; Dig. 6, 1, 38; v. 1. sero).

To sow or plant with something (class.).

Lit.:

agros,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; Verg. E. 1, 73; Cato, R. R. 6, 1; Dig. 7, 1, 9, § 6; cf.:

ager diligenter consitus,

Cic. Sen. 17, 59:

ager arbustis consitus,

Sall. J. 53, 1; and:

consitus an incultus (locus),

Quint. 5, 10, 37:

Ismara Baccho (i. e. vino),

Verg. G. 2, 38:

vineam malleolo,

Col. 5, 5, 6:

arva frumento,

Curt. 7, 4, 26.— Absol.:

in alieno fundo,

Dig. 6, 1, 38:

in alienum fundum,

ib. 41, 1, 9.—

Transf.:

arva mūliebria (Venus),

Lucr. 4, 1107; cf. Sol. 9 fin. —Hence, conserentes dii, who preside over generation, Arn. 5, 169.—

Transf., of columns, to plant, set:

aera (rostra) columnis consita,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 49.—

Trop.:

(sol) lumine conserit arva,

strews, fills, Lucr. 2, 211: consitus sum Senectute, * Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 4: caeca mentem caligine Theseus consitus, * Cat. 64, 208.—

To sow, plant:

olivetum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 24:

hoc genus oleae,

Cato, R. R. 6, 1:

arborem,

Liv. 10, 24, 5; Curt. 6, 5, 14; 7, 2, 22:

zizyphum,

Pall. Apr. 4:

palmas,

id. Oct. 12:

(vitem) Narbonicam,

Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 43; Cato ap. Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 46.—

Transf. (cf. I. B. supra): extra vallum stili caeci, mirabilem in modum consiti, set, Auct. B. Afr. 31.

con-sĕro, sĕrŭi, sertum, 3 ( perf. consevisti, Fronto, Ep. ad Ver. 8), v. a., to connect, entwine, tie, join, fit, bind into a whole (syn.: conecto, conjungo, contexo, etc.; class. in prose and poetry; most freq. in the signif. II. B., and in the histt.).

In gen.

Lit.

With acc. with or without abl.:

lorica conserta hamis auroque,

Verg. A. 3, 467; cf.:

tegumen spinis,

id. ib. 3, 594 (illigatum spinis, Serv.); cf. Tac. G. 17: monile margaritis gemmisque, * Suet. Galb. 18:

vincula, quīs conserta erant vehicula,

Curt. 9, 1, 17; cf.:

conserta navigia,

entangled, id. 4, 3, 18:

scutis super capita consertis,

overlapping, id. 5, 3, 23:

rudis arbor conseritur (for navigating),

Luc. 3, 512; cf. id. 4, 136.—

With acc. and dat.:

alium (truncum) alii quasi nexu conserunt,

Curt. 6, 5, 15.—

Trop.:

quid juvat nocti conseruisse diem?

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 10:

exodia conserta fabellis Atellanis,

Liv. 7, 2, 11;

v. exodium: virtutes consertae et inter se cohaerentes,

Sen. Ep. 90, 3: ita ordo rerum tribus momentis consertus est, * Quint. 5, 10, 71:

sermonem,

to interchange words, converse, Curt. 8, 12, 5; Fronto l. l.—

In partic.

To join, connect, unite together:

teneros sinus,

Tib. 1, 8, 36:

femur femori,

id. 1, 8, 26; cf.:

latus lateri,

Ov. H. 2, 58.—

Esp., to unite in hostility, for contest, to bring together; so most freq. manum or manus, to engage in close combat, to join hand to hand, to join battle:

signa contulit, manum conseruit, magnas copias hostium fudit,

Cic. Mur. 9, 20; so Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 3; Sall. J. 50, 4; Nep. Dat. 8, 4; id. Ages. 3, 6; Liv. 21, 41, 4 al.:

manum cum hoste,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll.; Cic. Att. 7, 20, 1; Nep. Hann. 4, 2:

manus inter se,

Sall. H. 1, 41, 19 Dietsch; Liv. 7, 40, 14; Ov. H. 12, 100:

manus cum imparibus,

Liv. 6, 12, 8:

cum hoste manus,

id. 21, 39, 3:

consertis deinde manibus,

id. 1, 25, 5:

dextras,

Stat. S. 1, 6, 60:

pugnam,

Liv. 21, 50, 1; cf. id. 21, 8, 7; Tac. A. 2, 10:

pugnam inter se,

Liv. 32, 10, 8:

pugnam seni,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 43:

proelia,

Verg. A. 2, 398; Liv. 5, 36, 5; Curt. 8, 13, 12:

certamen,

Liv. 35, 4, 2:

bella,

Val. Fl. 3, 31:

bella bellis,

Luc. 2, 442:

acies,

Sil. 1, 339; cf.:

conserta acies,

hand-to-hand fighting, Tac. A. 6, 35.— Mid.:

navis conseritur,

enters the fight, Liv. 21, 50, 3:

duo acerrimā pugnā conserti exercitus,

Val. Max. 3, 2, 1.—Rarely absol.:

levis armatura ab lateribus cum levi armaturā,

Liv. 44, 4, 6.—

Trop.:

haud ignotas belli artes inter se conserebant,

Liv. 21, 1, 2.—

Transf., of judicial controversy: manum in jure or ex jure conserere, to make a joint seizure (this was done by the litigant parties laying hands at the same time upon the thing in dispute, each one claiming it as his own): si qui in jure manum conserunt, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 10, 7: non ex jure manum consertum sed mage ferro rem repetunt, Enn. ib. § 4 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.); cf. also Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll., and Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2: ibi ego te ex jure manum consertum voco, etc., I summon you in an action for possession, etc., a judic. formula in Cic. Mur. 12, 26; id. de Or. 1, 10, 41.—Hence, * con-sertē, adv., from consertus, a, um (acc. to I. A.), not used as P. a., as if bound or fastened together, in connection:

omnia necesse est conligatione naturali conserte contexteque fieri,

Cic. Fat. 14, 32.

dis-sĕro, sēvi (serui, poet. ap. Macr. S. 2, 14, 12), sĭtum, 3, v. a., to scatter seed, to sow here and there, to sow (rare):

Caeciliana (lactuca) mense Januario recte disseritur,

Col. 11, 3, 26:

semina in areolas,

id. 11, 2, 30; cf.:

res in arcas (olitor),

Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll.:

dissita pars animae per totum corpus,

Lucr. 3, 143; cf. id. ib. 377; 4, 888.—

To fix in the earth at intervals, to plant here and there:

taleae mediocribus intermissis spatiis disserebantur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73 fin.

dis-sĕro, rŭi, rtum ( part. perf. disserta, first in Hier. in Isa. 4, 11; class. form dĭsertus, as a P. a., is very freq.; v. under P. a.), 3, v. a.— Lit., to set forth in order, arrange distinctly; hence, to examine, argue, discuss; or (more freq.) to speak, discourse, treat of a thing (good prose and very freq., esp. in Cic. and Quint.—cf.: disputo, discepto).

With acc. (so in Cic., and usually only with pronouns, but in Tac. also freq. with nominal subjects):

idonea mihi Laelii persona visa est, quae de amicitia ea ipsa dissereret, quae disputata ab eo meminisset Scaevola,

Cic. Lael. 1, 4; cf. id. de Sen. 21, 78:

nihil de ea re,

Tac. A. 1, 6:

seditiosa de aliqua re,

id. ib. 3, 40:

permulta de eloquentia cum Antonio,

Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 13; cf.:

haec cum ipsis philosophis,

id. ib. 1, 13, 57:

quae inter me et Scipionem de amicitia disserebantur,

id. Lael. 10, 33:

qui haec nuper disserere coeperunt, cum corporibus simul animos interire,

id. ib. 4, 13:

haec subtilius,

id. ib. 5, 18:

aliquid pluribus verbis in senatu,

id. Fam. 12, 7; cf. Sall. J. 30 fin.:

ea, quae disputavi,

Cic. N. D. 3, 40, 95; cf. id. Fat. 5; id. Tusc. 1, 11, 23:

ea lege, qua credo omnibus in rebus disserendis utendum esse,

id. Rep. 1, 24:

pauci bona libertatis incassum disserere,

Tac. A. 1, 4; cf. id. ib. 6, 34; id. H. 3, 81:

cujus negotii initium, ordinem, finem curatius disseram,

id. A. 2, 27; cf. id. H. 2, 2 fin.:

paucis instituta majorum domi militiaeque, quomodo rem publicam habuerint, etc., disserere,

Sall. C. 5 fin. Kritz.; for the latter constr. with a rel. clause, cf. Quint. praef. § 22, and 1, 10, 22; and with acc. and inf.:

malunt disserere, nihil esse in auspiciis, quam quid sit ediscere,

Cic. Div. 1, 47, 105; id. Fin. 4, 1, 2 al.—

With de:

Scipio triduum disseruit de re publica,

Cic. Lael. 4, 14; so id. Rep. 1, 23 fin. et saep.; cf.

also: consuetudo de omnibus rebus in contrarias partes disserendi,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 3, 9:

de Scripturis,

Vulg. Act. 17, 2 et saep.— Pass. impers.:

ut inter quos disseritur, conveniat, quid sit id, de quo disseratur,

Cic. Fin. 2, 1 fin. —Less freq. for de, super aliqua re, Gell. 19, 1, 19.—

Absol.:

ut memini Catonem anno ante quam est mortuus mecum et cum Scipione disserere,

Cic. Lael. 3, 11; so,

cum aliquo,

id. Rep. 1, 21:

ita disseruit: duas esse vias, etc.,

id. Tusc. 1, 30:

in disserendo rudes,

id. Rep. 1, 8; cf. id. ib. 3, 16; Quint. 12, 1, 35; 12, 2, 25 al.:

causa disserendi,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 3 fin.:

ratio disserendi,

id. Fat. 1; cf. id. Fin. 1, 7; id. Ac. 1, 8, 30; and:

ars bene disserendi,

id. de Or. 2, 38:

adhibita disserendi elegantia,

id. ib. 2, 2 fin.; cf.:

disserendi subtilitas,

id. de Or. 1, 15, 68 et saep. —Hence, dĭsertus, a, um (for dissertus. Cf.:

difficultas laborque discendi disertam negligentiam reddidit. Malunt enim disserere, nihil esse in auspiciis, quam quid sit ediscere,

Cic. Div. 1, 47, 105; and: disertus a disserendo dictus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 72, 15), P. a., skilful in speaking on a subject; clear, methodical in speaking; well-spoken, fluent (less than eloquens, eloquent:

disertos cognosse me nonnullos, eloquentem adhuc neminem, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 21; and id. Or. 5, 18; cf. also: facundus, loquax, dicax).

Prop.:

disertorum oratione delenitus... utilitates non a sapientibus et fortibus viris sed a disertis et ornate dicentibus esse constitutae,

Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 36; cf. id. Phil. 2, 39 fin.; id. Rep. 1, 3; Quint. 2, 3, 7 et saep.; Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 19; id. A. P. 370; Ov. M. 13, 228; id. Tr. 3, 11, 21; Mart. 9, 12, 16 et saep.—Cf. also, ora, Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 20; and poet., Arpi, because within its limits Cicero was born, Mart. 4, 55:

leporum disertus puer,

Cat. 12, 9:

callidus et disertus homo,

i. e. sagacious, shrewd, Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 10.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 129 (with eloquentior).— Sup., Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 111; id. de Or. 1, 54, 231; id. Brut. 91, 315; Cat. 49, 1.—

Transf., of discourse:

illam orationem disertam sibi et oratoriam videri, fortem et virilem non videri,

Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 231; cf.

historia,

id. Brut. 26:

epilogus,

id. Att. 4, 15, 4:

verba,

Ov. Pont. 3, 5, 8 al.; Quint. 1, 8, 4; cf. id. 2, 11, 5; 8 prooem. § 24; 8, 2, 21.— Comp.:

sententia,

Sen. Ep. 21.— Sup.:

litterae,

Cic. Att. 7, 2 fin.—Adv., clearly, expressly, distinctly; eloquently.

dĭserte, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 31; Afran. ap. Non. 509, 23; Liv. 21, 19 Fabri ad loc.; id. 42, 25, 4 al.; Cic. de Or. 1, 10 fin.; id. Tusc. 5, 9, 24; id. Att. 4, 1, 6; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 10; Quint. 12, 1, 30; [p. 595] Tac. Or. 9, 26.—

dĭsertim, Liv. Andr., Att. Trag. v. 350 Rib. (ap. Non. 509, 25 sq.); Titin. Com. v. 150 Rib. (ap. Non. ib.); Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 87.—

Comp., Mart. 3, 38.—

Sup., Liv. 39, 28; Quint. 6, 2, 26.

jăcĭo, jēci, jactum, 3, v. a. [cf. diôkô, to pursue; Germ. jagen], to make go, cause to go, send; hence, to throw, cast, fling, hurl.

Lit.: genu ad aliquem, to hit or push one with the knee, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 17:

lapides,

Cic. Mil. 15:

fulmen in medium mare,

id. Div. 2, 19:

in quem scyphum de manu jacere conatus,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 10:

aridam materiam de muro in aggerem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 24:

se in profundum,

Cic. Sest. 20:

saxeam pilam ponto,

Verg. A. 9, 712:

ensem fluctibus mediis,

id. ib. 10, 683:

balearica plumbum Funda jacit, Ov M. 2, 728: libellos in faciem ejus,

Suet. Claud. 15 fin. —Freq. of dice-throwing:

talos,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 35; 5, 2, 54; Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 54:

Venerem,

id. Div. 2, 59, 121; Suet. Aug. 71.—

Transf.

To lay, set, establish, build, found, construct, erect:

urbi fundamenta,

Liv. 1, 12:

vallum,

id. 30, 10:

aggere jacto,

Caes. B. G. 2, 12:

molem,

id. B. C. 1, 25:

muros,

Verg. A. 5, 631; 9, 712:

moles,

Cic. Att. 9, 14, 1:

novae domus fundamenta,

Suet. Calig. 22; Ov. F. 4, 835:

molem in mare,

Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 8.—

To send forth, emit; to bring forth, produce:

de corpore odorem,

Lucr. 2, 846:

igniculos,

Cic. Att. 15, 26, 2:

jacturas poma myricas,

that will bear, Ov. A. A. 1, 747.—

To throw away:

scuta jacere, fugereque hostes, more habent licentiam,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 27:

vestem procul,

Ov. M. 4, 357:

is sua jecit humi arma,

id. ib. 3, 127:

pavidas pharetras,

Val. Fl. 5, 427.—Esp., to throw overboard, Dig. 41, 2, 21, § 2; 14, 2, 2, § 7; to cast, shed:

cornua,

Ov. A. A. 3, 78.—

To throw, scatter, sow:

volucres semina jacta legunt,

Ov. M. 5, 485; id. H. 12, 17:

jacto semine,

Verg. G. 1, 104:

seminibus jactis,

id. ib. 2, 57; 6, 11; id. F. 1, 662:

flores,

id. A. 5, 79:

lapides,

id. E. 6, 41.—

To project as a shadow:

nullam umbram,

Plin. 2, 73, 75, § 183 sq. —

Trop.

To throw, cast:

contumeliam in aliquem,

Cic. Sull. 7, 23:

injuriam in aliquem,

id. Par. 4, 1:

adulteria,

to lay to one's charge, id. Planc. 12, 30:

ridiculum,

id. Or. 26, 87:

id, quod proponendum fuit, permotis animis jacit ad extremum,

id. Part. 13, 46:

jecit quidam casus caput meum, in mediam contentionem,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 13:

probra in feminas illustres,

Tac. A. 11, 13.—

To lay, set, establish:

causae fundamenta,

Cic. Fl. 2, 4:

fundamenta pacis,

id. Phil. 1, 1, 1:

gradum atque aditum ad rem,

id. Agr. 2, 15:

odia in longum jacere,

to strew, sow, Tac. A. 1, 69:

fundamenta reipublicae,

Suet. Aug. 28.—

To throw out in speaking, to let fall, intimate, utter, mention, declare:

assiduas querelas, Cic. poët. Div 1, 8, 14: illud, quod jacis obscure,

id. Att. 2, 7, 4:

suspicionem,

id. Fl. 3, 6:

de lacu Albano,

Liv. 5, 15:

vera an vana,

id. 6, 14:

multo plura praesens audivit, quam in absentem jacta erant,

id. 43, 8:

Jugurtha inter alias jacit oportere, etc.,

Sall. J. 11:

quaedam de habitu cultuque et institutis ejus,

Tac. A 1, 11:

fortuitos sermones,

id. ib. 4, 68:

ali quid per vaniloquentiam ac minas, id. ib 6, 31: multasque nec dubias significationes saepe jecit,

Suet. Ner. 37:

crimina non haec sunt nostro sine jacta dolore,

Tib. 4, 14, 3.

obsĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [ob-sera], to bolt, bar, fasten, or shut up (not in Cic. or Cæs.; syn.: claudo, oppilo, obstruo).

Lit.:

ostium,

Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 25:

aedificia,

Liv. 5, 41:

fores (opp. aperire),

Suet. Tit. 11:

tabellam liminis,

Cat. 32, 5:

exitus,

Col. 9, 1, 3:

rogos,

i. e. the dead, Prop. 4, 11, 8.—

Transf.:

aures,

Hor. Epod. 17, 53: palatum (for os), i. e. to be silent, Cat. 55, 21:

fores amicitiae,

Amm. 27, 12.

ob-sĕro ( ops-), sēvi, sĭtum, 3 ( inf. perf. sync. obsesse for obsevisse, Att. ap. Non. 395, 27), v. a.

Lit.

To sow or plant (class.):

frumentum,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 129. —Comically:

pugnos,

to give a good drubbing, Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 23.—

Transf.

To sow or plant with any thing:

saepimentum virgultis aut spinis,

Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 1: terram frugibus. Cic. Leg. 2, 25, 63; Col. 2, 9, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 44, 2.—

In gen., to cover over, fill with; only in perf. pass. part., covered over, filled:

omnia arbustis obsita,

Lucr. 5, 1377:

loca obsita virgultis,

Liv. 28, 2:

obsita pomis Rura,

Ov. M. 13, 719:

video aegrum pannis annisque obsitum,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 5:

obsitus illuvie ac squalore,

Tac. A. 4, 28:

vestis obsita squalore,

Liv. 2, 23:

legati... obsiti squalore et sordibus,

id. 29, 16:

variis obsita frondibus,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 12:

montes nivibus,

Curt. 5, 6, 15:

aër pallore,

darkened, Luc. 5, 627; cf.:

dies nube obsitus,

Sen. Troad. 20:

obsitus aevo,

Verg. A. 8, 307:

Io jam setis obsita,

id. ib. 7, 790:

terga (marinae beluae) obsita conchis,

Ov. M. 4, 724.—

Trop.:

Tun' is es, qui in me aerumnam obsevisti,

hast brought upon me, occasioned me, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 30:

em istic oportet opseri mores malos, si in opserendo possint interfieri,

id. Trin. 2, 4, 130.

obsĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [ob-sera], to bolt, bar, fasten, or shut up (not in Cic. or Cæs.; syn.: claudo, oppilo, obstruo).

Lit.:

ostium,

Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 25:

aedificia,

Liv. 5, 41:

fores (opp. aperire),

Suet. Tit. 11:

tabellam liminis,

Cat. 32, 5:

exitus,

Col. 9, 1, 3:

rogos,

i. e. the dead, Prop. 4, 11, 8.—

Transf.:

aures,

Hor. Epod. 17, 53: palatum (for os), i. e. to be silent, Cat. 55, 21:

fores amicitiae,

Amm. 27, 12.

ob-sĕro ( ops-), sēvi, sĭtum, 3 ( inf. perf. sync. obsesse for obsevisse, Att. ap. Non. 395, 27), v. a.

Lit.

To sow or plant (class.):

frumentum,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 129. —Comically:

pugnos,

to give a good drubbing, Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 23.—

Transf.

To sow or plant with any thing:

saepimentum virgultis aut spinis,

Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 1: terram frugibus. Cic. Leg. 2, 25, 63; Col. 2, 9, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 44, 2.—

In gen., to cover over, fill with; only in perf. pass. part., covered over, filled:

omnia arbustis obsita,

Lucr. 5, 1377:

loca obsita virgultis,

Liv. 28, 2:

obsita pomis Rura,

Ov. M. 13, 719:

video aegrum pannis annisque obsitum,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 5:

obsitus illuvie ac squalore,

Tac. A. 4, 28:

vestis obsita squalore,

Liv. 2, 23:

legati... obsiti squalore et sordibus,

id. 29, 16:

variis obsita frondibus,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 12:

montes nivibus,

Curt. 5, 6, 15:

aër pallore,

darkened, Luc. 5, 627; cf.:

dies nube obsitus,

Sen. Troad. 20:

obsitus aevo,

Verg. A. 8, 307:

Io jam setis obsita,

id. ib. 7, 790:

terga (marinae beluae) obsita conchis,

Ov. M. 4, 724.—

Trop.:

Tun' is es, qui in me aerumnam obsevisti,

hast brought upon me, occasioned me, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 30:

em istic oportet opseri mores malos, si in opserendo possint interfieri,

id. Trin. 2, 4, 130.

prō-sēmĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to sow or scatter about, to sow (rare but class.).

Lit.: ostreas, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 216, 13:

tamquam ex draconis alicujus dentibus proseminati,

Lact. 6, 10, 19.—

Trop., to disseminate, propagate:

proseminatae sunt familiae, i. e. ortae,

Cic. de Or. 3, 16, 61; id. Imp. Pomp. 1, 90.

sĕro, sēvi, sătum, 3, v. a. [for seso, root sa-; Gr. saô, sêthô, to sift], to sow, plant (freq. and class.; syn.: planto, semino, consero).

Lit., with acc., either of the plant, seed, etc., sown, or of the land cultivated:

ubi tempus erit, effodito seritoque recte... Quae diligentius seri voles, in calicibus seri oportet,

Cato, R. R. 133, 2: serendum viciam, lentem, cicerculam, etc., Varr. R. R. 1, 32, 2:

oleam et vitem,

Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 16:

frumenta,

Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

ut tantum decumae sit, quantum severis: hoc est, ut quot jugera sint sata, totidem medimna decumae debeantur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 112:

agri molliti et oblimati ad serendum,

id. N. D. 2, 52, 130: serit arbores, quae alteri saeculo prosint, Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31; Cic. Sen. 7, 24; 17, 59:

nullam sacrā vite prius severis arborem,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 1; cf. id. ib. 3, 10, 6:

semina,

Verg. G. 1, 193: surculos, Auct. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 278:

aliquid in inculto et derelicto solo,

Cic. Brut. 4, 16:

iste serendus ager,

Ov. A. A. 2, 668:

sulcos,

Tib. 2, 3, 70:

vera ratio serendi,

Plin. 18, 25, 60, § 224.—Freq. in part. perf.:

multa erant inter eum locum manu sata,

Caes. B. C. 3, 44:

saepe satas alio vidi traducere messes,

Verg. E. 8, 99; id. G. 3, 176.—Hence, subst.: săta, ōrum, n., standing corn, crops, Verg. E. 3, 82; id. G. 1, 325; id. A. 2, 306; 12, 454; Ov. M. 1, 286; Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 94; Pall. 1, 43.—Prov.:

mihi istic nec seritur nec metitur,

i. e. I have no benefit from it, it's nothing to me, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 80.—

Transf., of persons, to beget, bring forth, produce; only in part. perf. in pass. sense, begotten, sprung forth, born, etc.:

Tertullae nollem abortum: tam enim Cassii sunt jam quam Bruti serendi,

Cic. Att. 14, 20, 2; id. Leg. 1, 8, 24:

non temere nec fortuito sati et creati sumus,

id. Tusc. 1, 49, 118; cf. id. ib. 1, 25, 60; id. Univ. 12, 35:

hic satus ad pacem,

Prop. 3, 9, 19.—With ex: ex Tantalo ortus Pelops, ex Pelope autem satus Atreus, Poët. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 57.— With de:

Ilia cum Lauso de Numitore sati,

Ov. F. 4, 54.—With ab:

largo satos Curetas ab imbri,

Ov. M. 4, 282.—With simple abl. (so most freq.):

Camertem Magnanimo Volscente satum,

Verg. A. 10, 562:

sole satus Phaëthon,

Ov. M. 1, 751:

sata Tiresiā Manto,

id. ib. 6, 157 et saep.:

sate sanguine divum,

sprung from, Verg. A. 6, 125:

non sanguine humano sed stirpe divinā satum se esse,

Liv. 38, 58, 7:

o sate gente deum,

Verg. A. 8, 36:

matre satos unā,

Ov. M. 5, 141; so,

matre,

id. F. 3, 799;

Nereide,

id. M. 12, 93; cf.:

Bacchum vocant satumque iterum solumque bimatrem,

id. ib. 4, 12.— Hence, satus (sata) aliquo, for a son (or daughter) of any one:

satus Anchisa,

i. e. Æneas, Verg. A. 5, 244; 5, 424; 6, 331;

7, 152: Hammone satus,

i. e. Iarbas, id. ib. 4, 198:

satae Peliā,

Ov. M. 7, 322:

sati Curibus,

sprung from, natives of Cures, id. ib. 14, 778.—

Trop., to sow the seeds of any thing, to found, establish, to scatter, disseminate, propagate, produce, to cause, occasion, excite, etc.:

leges, instituta, rem publicam,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31:

diuturnam rem publicam,

to found, establish, id. Rep. 2, 3, 5:

mores,

id. Leg. 1, 6, 20:

aere vulnera vasta serebant,

scattered, Lucr. 5, 1290; so,

vulnera pugnantis tergo,

Sil. 5, 235:

lites,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 10:

negotium,

id. Most. 5, 1, 51; cf.:

(Hamilcar) Romanum sevit puerili in pectore bellum,

Sil. 1, 80:

civiles discordias,

Liv. 3, 40, 10:

causam discordiarum,

Suet. Calig. 26:

crimina in senatum apud infimae plebis homines,

Liv. 24, 23 fin.:

invidiam in alios,

Tac. H. 2, 86:

rumores,

Verg. A. 12, 228; Curt. 8, 9, 1:

opinionem,

Just. 8, 3, 8:

sibi causas sollicitudinum,

Sen. Ep. 104, 12.

sĕro ( ui), tum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. sarat, thread; Gr. seira, rope; cf.: eirô, herma, hormos; Lat. series, servus], to join or bind together, to plait, interweave, entwine, etc.

Lit. (so only in part. perf.):

accipiunt sertas nardo florente coronas,

Luc. 10, 164; Cypr. Ep. 4, 3:

flores,

App. M. 4, p. 156, 4; 10, p. 254, 38:

rosa,

id. ib. 2, p. 121, 131:

loricae,

linked, Nep. Iph. 1 fin.; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 421.—

Subst.: serta, ōrum, n., wreaths of flowers, garlands (freq. and class.):

arae sertis recentibus halant,

Verg. A. 1, 417:

coronae, serta,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 58; Lucr. 4, 1128; 4, 1174; Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 43; id. Cat. 2, 5, 10; Cat. 6, 8; Verg. E. 6, 16; Tib. 1, 1, 12; 1, 2, 14; 1, 7, 52 et saep. al.—Rarely in sing.:

roseo Venus aurea serto,

Aus. Idyll. 6, 88.—Collat. form serta, ae, f. (sc. corona):

cum tua praependent demissae in pocula sertae,

Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 37; id. et Corn. Sev. ap. Charis. p. 83 P.—

Trop., to join, connect, interweave; to combine, compose, contrive (class. but rare; syn.: jungo, cieo, instruo): seritote diem concorditer ambo, i. e. alternate according to the succession (in the government), Enn. ap. Charis. p. 177 P. (Ann. v. 110 Vahl.):

ex aeternitate causa causam serens,

joining in order, following, Cic. Fat. 12, 27:

cujus (fati) lege immobilis rerum humanarum ordo seritur,

is arranged, disposed, Liv. 25, 6:

bella ex bellis serendo,

by joining war to war, Sall. H. 4, 61, 20 Dietsch:

tumultum ex tumultu, bellum ex bello serunt,

id. ib. 1, 48, 7 ib.; cf. Liv. 21, 10; cf.:

certamina cum Patribus,

to join, engage in, id. 2, 1; so,

certamina,

id. 27, 12; 27, 41; 40, 48:

crebra proelia,

Tac. H. 5, 11: quod mihi servus sermonem serat, joins speech, i. e. bandies words with me, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 37; cf. id. Mil. 3, 1, 106:

multa inter sese vario sermone serebant,

Verg. A. 6, 160; Stat. Achill. 2, 38, id. Th. 6, 941:

aliquid sermonibus occultis,

Liv. 3, 43; 7, 39; 33, 32:

secreta colloquia cum eo,

id. 34, 61:

populares orationes,

to put together, compose, id. 10, 19; cf.:

(Livius) ab saturis ausus est primus argumento fabulam serere,

id. 7, 2, 8:

quid seris fando moras?

why are you contriving? Sen. Med. 281:

negotium,

to make, prepare, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 51:

crimina belli,

Verg. A. 7, 339.

sēro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [sera], to fasten with a bolt, to bar: praeda nullo obstaculo serata, Ven. Fort. Vit. S. Menard. 6; cf. Prisc. p. 837 P.

sērō̆, adv., v. serus fin.

sūs, sŭis (nom. suis, Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 813; gen. sueris, Plaut. ap. Fest. s. v. spectile, p. 330 Müll.; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 110 ib.; dat. plur. subus, Lucr. 5, 969; 6, 974; 6, 977; Plin. 29, 4, 23, § 75:

suibus,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 5), comm. [Gr. hus; O. H. Germ. sū; Engl. sow, swine].

A swine, hog, pig, boar, sow, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 5:

ferus et fera,

id. ib. 8, 78; Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 160; id. Div. 1, 13, 23; 1, 17, 31; Ov. F. 4, 414; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 26; 2, 2, 75 al.—Prov.:

sus Minervam (sc. docet) in proverbio est, ubi quis id docet alterum, cujus ipse inscius est,

Fest. p. 310 Müll.:

etsi non sus Minervam, ut aiunt, tamen inepte, quisquis Minervam docet,

Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 18:

etsi sus Minervam,

id. Fam. 9, 18, 3:

docebo sus, ut aiunt, oratorem eum, quem, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 57, 233; cf.:

sus artium repertricem (docet),

Hier. Ep. 46, 1.—

A kind of fish, Ov. Hal. 132.