[ˈseː.mɛn], [ˈsɛː.men]
OriginFrom Proto-Italic *sēmən, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥ (“seed”).
- declension-3seed (of plants)
“Omittō enim vim ipsam omnium, quae generantur ē terrā; quae ex fīcī tantulō grānō aut ex acinī vīnāceō aut ex cēterārum frūgum aut stirpium minūtissimīs sēminibus tantōs truncōs rāmōsque prōcreet.
For”
“Sēmen manū spargere.” — To scatter seed by hand.
“‘prīma per immēnsās sparsī nova sēmina gentēs!” — “First [it was] I [who] scattered new seeds throughout countless nations!
Previously the earth was of [but] one color.”
(The poetic voice is that of Flora (mythology).)
- declension-3semen
- declension-3graft
- declension-3offspring
- declension-3cause
- declension-3, poeticseed (of the elements of other bodies (of fire, water, stones, etc.))
“et ignis sēmina convolvunt ē nūbibus.” — and the seeds of fire roll from the clouds.
Formssēmen(canonical, neuter) · sēminis(genitive) · sēmen(nominative, singular) · sēmina(nominative, plural) · sēminis(genitive, singular) · sēminum(genitive, plural) · sēminī(dative, singular) · sēminibus(dative, plural) · sēmen(accusative, singular) · sēmina(accusative, plural) · sēmine(ablative, singular) · sēminibus(ablative, plural) · sēmen(singular, vocative) · sēmina(plural, vocative)
Source: Wiktionary