sow (a female pig</i Copy link Outline 1. scrōfa (a breeding-s.)2. porca3. sŭs, suis, c. (but usu. fem. in poet.)4. apra (a wild s.) • sow (a female pig): 1. scrōfa (a breeding-s.): the s. should feed her own pigs, s. suos alat oportet porcos, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, post med.: Juv. 6, 177. 2. porca: Cato R. R. 134. Also porcus femina, ib. 3. sŭs, suis, c. (but usu. fem. in poet.): a s. with pigs, s. praegnans, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, post med.: this way rushes a muddy s., hac lutulenta ruit s., Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 75. 4. apra (a wild s.): Plin. in Prisc. p. 698 P.
sow (v.) Copy link Outline 1. sĕro, sēvi, sătum, 32. sēmĭno, 1 (rare in this sense)3. consĕro, sēvi, sĭtum, 34. dissĕro, no perf., sĭtum, 35. insĕro, sēvi, sĭtum, 3 (rare in this sense)6. obsĕro, sēvi, sĭtum, 37. obruo, ui, ŭtum, 38. expr. by semen, with such verbs as jăcio, spargo, dēpōno, mando9. expr. by sēmentis with facio • sow (v.): 1. sĕro, sēvi, sătum, 3: to s. grain, frumenta s., Caes. B. G. 5, 14: one must s. vetch, serendum viciam, Varr. R. R. 1, 32, 2. Also, of the ground s.n: that field of yours is to be s.n, iste serendus ager, Ov. A. A. 2, 668: to s. furrows, s. sulcos, Tib. 2, 3, 73. Fig.: to s. civil broils, civiles discordias s., Liv. 3, 40, post med.: cf. causam discordiarum s., Suet. Cal. 26, ad fin. 2. sēmĭno, 1 (rare in this sense): to s. spelt, wheat, barley, adoreum, triticum s., Col. 2, 8, extr. Also of the ground s.n: to s. a field, agrum s., id. 2, 4, extr. 3. consĕro, sēvi, sĭtum, 3: to s. arable lands with corn, (sola) frumento c., Curt. 7, 4, post med.: a field carefully s.n, ager diligenter consitus, Cic. Sen. 17, 59. 4. dissĕro, no perf., sĭtum, 3: the Caecilian lettuce is s.n properly in January, (lactuca) Caeciliana mense Januario recte disseritur, Col. 11, 3, 26. Fig.: a portion of the vital principle s.n throughout the whole body, dissita pars animae per totum corpus, Lucr. 3, 144. 5. insĕro, sēvi, sĭtum, 3 (rare in this sense): if the corn is not s.n, si frumentum non inseritur, Col. 5, 7, 3. 6. obsĕro, sēvi, sĭtum, 3: to s. corn, o. frumentum, Pl. Trin. 2, 4, 129: to s. (cover by sowing) the earth, terram frugibus o., Cic. Leg. 2, 25, 63. 7. obruo, ui, ŭtum, 3: to s. millet, milium o., Col. 11, 2, 72: to s. beet, betam o., id. 11, 3, 42. 8. expr. by semen, with such verbs as jăcio, spargo, dēpōno, mando: to s. lettuce-seed, (lactucae) s. jacere, Plin. 19, 8, 39, § 130: to s. seed, semen spargere, Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50: to s. teeth, seed of men, dentes, mortalia semina, spargere, Ov. M. 3, 105 (expr. by dentes terrae supponere, id. M. 3, 102): (Fig.: to s. enmities for a long time, odia in longum jacere, Tac. A. 1, 69: for fig. sense, v. to circulate, disseminate): to s. seeds either in a ditch or furrow, deponere semina vel scrobe vel sulco, Col. 5, 4, 2: to s. seed in the ground, mandare semen terrae, Col. 1, 7, fin.: to s. barley in furrows, m. hordea sulcis, Virg. E. 5, 36: cf. semina sulcis committere, id. G. 1, 223. 9. expr. by sēmentis with facio: s., sementim facito, Cato R. R. 27: Liv. 23, 48, init. Also in plur.: to s. as extensively as possible, sementes quam maximas facere, Caes. B. G. 1, 3, init. Prov.: as you s., so will you reap, ut sementem feceris, ita metes, Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 261. Phr.: night was preparing to s. the heaven with stars, nox coelo diffundere signa parabat, Hor. S. 1, 5, 10 (v. to stud): a little more than a peck is sufficient to s. an acre, jugerum paulo plus quam modius occupat, Col. 2, 10, med. Prov.: to reap where one has not s.n, ex aliorum laboribus libare laudem, Auct. Her. 4, 3, 5: cf. sub arbore, quam alius conseruit legere fructum (based on Liv. 10, 24, quam arborem consevisset, sub ea legere alium fructum indignum esse dicere).
SOW Copy link • SOW 1. s. porca (Cato), sus (Varr.): femina sus: scrofa (for breeding; Varr.): or, by circumlocution, sus ad partus edendos idonea (Col.). 2. v. Transitively, seminare (PROP.): serere (PROP. and figuratively). To sow land, agrum seminare: to sow (seed), (semen) spargere (Cic.), jacere, serere (Plin.). To sow barley, wheat, seminare hordeum (Col.), serere triticum (Cic.). To sow with anything, serere, conserere aliqua re (PROP.); obserere aliqua re (PROP. and figuratively). To sow discord, civiles discordias serere. The sky sown with stars, totum caelum astris distinctum et ornatum. Intransitively, sementem facere; semen spargere (Cic.), jacere, serere (Plin.); semen terrae mandare; sulco deponere semina; semen ingerere solo (Col.); semen jactare, demittere in terram (Varr.). Proverbially. As a man sows, so shall he reap, ut sementem feceris, ita metes (Cic., De Or., 2, 65, 261). To reap where one has not sown, ex aliorum laboribus laudem libare (Auctorad Her., 4, 3, 5). To sow to the flesh, pravas sequi cupiditates (opposed to virtuti, sanctitati studere, Bau.).