I.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.—
II. To fix in the earth at intervals, to plant here and there: “taleae mediocribus intermissis spatiis disserebantur,” Caes. B. G. 7, 73 fin.