dissero

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

dis-sĕro, sēvi (serui, poet. ap. Macr. S. 2, 14, 12), sĭtum, 3, v. a.,

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.

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