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sătus , ūs, m. 1. sero,
I.a sowing, planting (several times in Cic.; elsewhere rare).
I. Lit.: “satui semen dederit nemini,” Cato, R. R. 5, 3: “herbam asperam, credo (sc. exstitisse), avium congestu, non humano satu,” Cic. Div. 2, 32, 68: “quid ergo vitium ortus, satus, incrementa commemorem?” id. Sen. 15, 52.—
B. Transf., a begetting, producing; origin, stock, race: “a primo satu, quo a procreatoribus nati diliguntur,” Cic. Fin. 5, 23, 65; cf.: “genitalis,” Lucr. 4, 1229: me ut credam ex tuo esse conceptum satu, Att. ap. Non. 174, 12; cf. id. ib. 174, 14: “Herculi Jovis satu edito,” Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118: “ex hominum pecudumve conceptu et satu,” id. Div. 1, 42, 93: “Caeli satu Terraeque conceptu generati,” id. Univ. 11.—*
II. Trop., seed: “philosophia praeparat animos ad satus accipiendos,” Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 4.1229
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 5.23
    • Cicero, De Senectute, 15
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.42
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.32
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 2.5
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 1.32
    • Cicero, Timaeus, 11
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