water-shoot

stŏlo, ōnis, m., a shoot, branch, twig, or scion springing from the stock or root of a tree, a useless sucker, water-shoot:

qui (Licinius Stolo) propter diligentiam culturae Stolonum confirmavit cognomen, quod nullus in ejus fundo reperiri poterat stolo, quod effodiebat circum arbores, e radicibus, quae nascerentur e solo, quos stolones appellabant,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 9; cf.:

Stolonum Liciniae genti (cognomen): ita appellatur in ipsis arboribus fruticatio inutilis, unde et pampinatio inventa primo Stoloni dedit nomen,

Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 7; 17, 20, 34, § 150; 17, 13, 20, § 95; 17, 26, 39, § 248; 27, 13, 109, § 133.

Stŏlo, ōnis, m., a cognomen in the gens Licinia; v. 1. stolo.

stŏlo, ōnis, m., a shoot, branch, twig, or scion springing from the stock or root of a tree, a useless sucker, water-shoot:

qui (Licinius Stolo) propter diligentiam culturae Stolonum confirmavit cognomen, quod nullus in ejus fundo reperiri poterat stolo, quod effodiebat circum arbores, e radicibus, quae nascerentur e solo, quos stolones appellabant,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 9; cf.:

Stolonum Liciniae genti (cognomen): ita appellatur in ipsis arboribus fruticatio inutilis, unde et pampinatio inventa primo Stoloni dedit nomen,

Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 7; 17, 20, 34, § 150; 17, 13, 20, § 95; 17, 26, 39, § 248; 27, 13, 109, § 133.

Stŏlo, ōnis, m., a cognomen in the gens Licinia; v. 1. stolo.

ăb-undo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n.

Lit., of a wave, to flow over and down, to overflow (while redundo signifies to flow over a thing with great abundance of water, to inundate): apud abundantem antiquam amnem, Att. ap. Non. 192, 4 (Trag. Rel. p. 175 Rib.):

flumina abundare ut facerent,

Lucr. 6, 267; cf. id. 1, 282; Verg. G. 3, 484; and in the beautiful figure in Plaut.: ripis superat mi atque abundat pectus laetitiā, for joy, my heart swells above its banks and overflows, Stich. 2, 1, 6:

ita abundavit Tiberis, ut, etc.,

Liv. 30, 38, 10; cf.:

quando aqua Albana abundāsset,

id. 5, 15, 11: so,

fons in omnem partem,

Plin. 18, 22, 51, § 188.

Transf.

Poet., of plants, to shoot up with great luxuriance:

de terris abundant herbarum genera ac fruges,

Lucr. 5, 920 (in Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 3, the better read. is obundantes, Enn. p. 65 Vahl.).

In gen., to abound, to be redundant:

sive deest naturae quippiam, sive abundat atque affluit,

Cic. Div. 1, 29, 61:

abundabant et praemia et operae vitae,

Plin. H. N. 14, prooem. § 4.—Once with dat.:

tenuioribus magis sanguis, plenioribus magis caro abundat,

Cels. 2, 10.

To overflow with any thing, to have an abundance or superabundance of, to abound in (the most usual signif.); constr. with abl., and once poet. with gen. (cf. Rudd. II. p. 189 n.).

With abl.:

divitiis,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 17:

villa abundat porco, haedo, agno, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 16, 56:

praeceptis philosophiae,

id. Off. 1, 1:

ingenio, otio,

id. de Or. 1, 6, 22:

mulier abundat audaciā,

id. Clu. 84: cujus oratio omnibus [p. 14] ornamentis abundavit, id. Balb. 7:

equitatu,

Caes. B. G. 7, 14:

magna copiā frumenti,

id. ib. 8, 40:

aquā, Auct. B. Alex. 1: et aequalium familiaritatibus et consuetudine propinquorum,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58:

clientibus,

Quint. 5, 10, 26.— Poet.: amore abundas, you are too fortunate in love (successu prospero affluis, Don.), Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 11; cf. Lucil.: ille abundans cum septem incolumis pinnis redit, ap. Don. Ter. l. c.—

With gen.: quarum et abundemus rerum et quarum indigeamus, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 498, 7.—Esp., to abound in wealth, to be rich (cf. abundantia, II.):

et absentes adsunt et egentes abundant,

Cic. Lael. 7, 23:

Caietam, si quando abundare coepero, ornabo,

id. Att. 1, 4, 3.—Hence, ăbun-dans, antis, P. a., overflowing.

Lit., of rivers, fluids, etc.:

fluvius abundantior aestate,

i. e. fuller, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 227:

abundantissimus amnis,

Cic. Rep. 2, 19:

menses (mulierum),

Plin. 22, 25, 71, § 147. —

Transf.

Existing in abundance, copious, abundant:

non adesā jam, sed abundanti etiam pecuniā sic dissolutus,

Cic. Quint. 12, 40.—

Containing abundance, abounding, rich, full; constr. with abl., gen., or absol.

With abl.:

vir abundans bellicis laudibus, Cn. Pompeius,

Cic. Off. 1, 22, 78:

abundantior consilio, ingenio, sapientiā,

id. Pis. 26, 62:

rerum copiā et sententiarum varietate abundantissimus,

id. de Or. 2, 14, 58.—

With gen.:

(via) copiosa omniumque rerum abundans,

Nep. Eum. 8, 5:

lactis,

Verg. E. 2, 20:

corporis, Claud. ap. Eutrop. 2, 380: pietatis,

id. IV. Cons. Hon. 113.—

Absol.:

non erat abundans, non inops tamen oratio,

Cic. Brut. 67, 238:

abundantior atque ultra quam oportet fusa materia,

Quint. 2, 4, 7:

abundantissima cena,

Suet. Ner. 42; cf. id. Calig. 17.—Also in a bad sense, of discourse, pleonastic, superabundant, Quint. 12, 10, 18; 8, 3, 56.— Hence, adv.:

ex abundanti,

superabundantly, Quint. 4, 5, 15; 5, 6, 2; Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 46 al.—

Esp., abounding in wealth, rich (syn. dives, opp. egens):

(supellex) non illa quidem luxuriosi hominis, sed tamen abundantis,

Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 66:

haec utrum abundantis an egentis signa sunt?

id. Par. 6, 1, § 43.—Hence, adv.: ăbundanter, abundantly, copiously:

loqui,

Cic. de Or. 2, 35:

ferre fructum,

Plin. 24, 9, 42.— Comp., Cic. Trop. 10.— Sup., Suet. Aug. 74.

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

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.—

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.—

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.—

kat exochên, spelt-seed, spelt, Plin. 18, 8, 19, § 82; 18, 24, 55, § 198; Col. 2, 12, 1; cf. Isid. Orig. 17, 3, 6.—

Transf.

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.—

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.—

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.—

Trop., as in all languages, seed, i. e. origin, occasion, ground, cause; of persons, an author, prompter, insligator, etc. (class.).

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.—

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.