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serō sēvī, satus, ere

1 SA-, to sow, plant : in iugero agri medimnum tritici seritur: frumenta, Cs.: serit arbores, quae alteri saeculo prosint: Nullam sacrā vite prius severis arborem, H.: alqd in solo: hordea campis, V.: (arbores) meā manu satae.—Of land, to bestrew, plant, sow, cultivate : quot iugera sint sata: iste serendus ager, O.—Of persons, to beget, bring forth, produce : sunt Bruti serendi: nec fortuito sati et creati sumus.—Usu. P. perf., begotten, born, sprung : Ilia cum Lauso de Numitore sati, O.: largo satos Curetas ab imbri, O.: sata Tiresiā Manto, O.: non sanguine humano satum se esse, L.: satus Anchisā, son of Anchises , V.: satae Peliā, daughters of Pelias , O. —Fig., to sow the seeds of, found, establish, produce, cause, excite : mores: cum patribus certamina, stir up , L.: civilīs discordias, L.To scatter, spread, disseminate : apud plebis homines crimina in senatum, L.: Rumores, V.

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