con-sĕro, sēvi, sĭtum or sătum, 3, v. a. (perf. conseruerit, Col. 3, 4, 2; Aur. Vict. Epit. 37, 3; Dig. 6, 1, 38; v. 1. sero).
I To sow or plant with something (class.).
A Lit.: agros, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; Verg. E. 1, 73; Cato R. R. 6, 1; Dig. 7, 1, 9, § 6; cf.: ager diligenter consitus, Cic. Sen. 17, 59: ager arbustis consitus, Sall. J. 53, 1; and: consitus an incultus (locus), Quint. 5, 10, 37: Ismara Baccho (i. e. vino), Verg. G. 2, 38: vineam malleolo, Col. 5, 5, 6: arva frumento, Curt. 7, 4, 26.— Absol. : in alieno fundo, Dig. 6, 1, 38: in alienum fundum, ib. 41, 1, 9.—
2 Transf.: arva mūliebria (Venus), Lucr. 4, 1107; cf. Sol. 9 fin. —Hence, conserentes dii, who preside over generation , Arn. 5, 169.—
B Transf., of columns, to plant, set : aera (rostra) columnis consita, Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 49.—
C Trop.: (sol) lumine conserit arva, strews, fills , Lucr. 2, 211: consitus sum Senectute, * Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 4: caeca mentem caligine Theseus consitus, * Cat. 64, 208.—
II To sow, plant : olivetum, Varr. R. R. 1, 24: hoc genus oleae, Cato R. R. 6, 1: arborem, Liv. 10, 24, 5; Curt. 6, 5, 14; 7, 2, 22: zizyphum, Pall. Apr. 4: palmas, id. Oct. 12: (vitem) Narbonicam, Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 43; Cato ap. Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 46.—
B Transf. (cf. I. B. supra): extra vallum stili caeci, mirabilem in modum consiti, set , Auct. B. Afr. 31.