LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

sēmentis

sēmentis f (genitive sēmentis)
Classical[seːˈmɛn.tɪs]Ecclesiastical[seˈmɛn.tis]

Meaning

  1. alsofigurativelya sowing, planting
  2. seedtime
  3. seeds sown
  4. young crops

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesēmentissēmentēs
sementia
genitivesēmentis
sementiī		sēmentium
sementiōrum
dativesēmentī
sementiō		sēmentibus
sementiīs
accusativesēmentem
sēmentim		sēmentēs
sēmentīs, sementia
ablativesēmente
sēmentī, sementiō		sēmentibus
sementiīs
vocativesēmentissēmentēs
sementia

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

sementem facere (B. G. 1. 3. 1)
to look after the sowing.
ut sementem feceris, ita metes (proverb.) (De Or. 2. 65)
as you sow, so will you reap.

sēmentis, is (acc. sementim, Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 75 B. and K.; Cato, R. R. 17, 2; 17, 27; 17, 30; 17, 61
I. fin. al.; Col. 11, 2, 81, with the var. lect. sementem, a form which appears also in Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 23; Varr. L. L. 5, § 37; Cic. Att. 9, 8, 1; id. de Or. 2, 65, 281; Liv. 23, 48; Col. 2, 15, 1; 11, 2, 90; abl. semente, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 54, § 125; Ov. F. 1, 667; Pall. Nov. 1, 1: sementi, Col. 2, 9, 15; 2, 10, 8; 2, 11, 1; 11, 2, 82; gen. plur. sementium, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 33 dub.), f. semen.
I. A seeding, sowing (freq. aud class.; syn. satio): nemo tam sine mente vivit, ut, quid sit sementis ac messis, quid arborum putatio ac vitium, omnino nesciat, Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 249; so (opp. messis) Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 54, § 125: sementim facito, Cato, R. R. 27; so, facere, id. ib. 30; Col. 2, 16, 1; 11, 2, 81 sq.; Liv. 23, 48: sementis tempus, Flor. 1, 11, 13. —Plur.: sementes quam maximas facere, Caes. B. G. 1, 3; Plin. 18, 25, 59, § 223.— Prov.: ut sementem feceris, ita metes, as you sow, so will you reap, Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 261.—
B. Trop., a sowing: a dis inmortalibus malorum sementem esse factam, Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 75; so, proscriptionis, id. Att. 9, 8, 1.—Comically: hisce ego jam sementem in ore faciam pugnosque obseram, i. e. will plant blows, Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 23.—
II. Transf.
A. Seed-time: agro sicco per sementim, Cato, R. R. 61 fin.; 17, 2: mediā sementi, Col. 2, 10, 8; cf.: prima, novissima, ultima, id. 2, 9, 2.—
B. Seed-corn, seed sown (very rare): ubi venit imber, multorum dierum sementis uno die surgit, Col. 2, 8, 4: aqua perfuderit sementem, Vulg. Lev. 11, 38; id. Marc. 4, 26.—Of the seed or semen of animals, Arn. 5, 163.—
C. Sementes, the growing crops, the young crops, young corn: vos date perpetuos teneris sementibus auctus, Ov. F. 1, 679: tempestiviores sementes, Gell. 2, 29, 5; Vulg. Job, 39, 12.

Origins

Uncertain, perhaps reshaped from earlier *sēmentum, extended from Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥ (whence sēmen (“a seed”)); see -mentum and -tis.

Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesesementefrom Old Galician-Portuguese semente
  • Spanishsemientefrom Old Spanish semiente
  • Spanishsimientefrom Old Spanish semiente
  • Galiciansementefrom Old Galician-Portuguese semente
  • Asturiansemientefrom Old Leonese semente
  • Mirandesesemientefrom Old Leonese semente
  • Leonesesimientefrom Old Leonese semente
  • Leonesesemientefrom Old Leonese semente
Italo-Romance
  • Italiansemente
  • Italiansementa
Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Occitansemenfrom Old Occitan semen
Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Franco-Provençalsemen
  • Franco-Provençalchemen
  • Bourguignons'man
  • Bourguignonsemant
  • Bourguignonsomant
  • Bourguignonsement
  • Franc-Comtoischemen
  • Middle Frenchsemant

Quick answers

What does sēmentis mean in Latin?
sēmentis, a noun, means “a sowing, planting; seedtime; seeds sown”.
What is the genitive of sēmentis?
The genitive singular is sēmentis. sēmentis is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce sēmentis?
In classical Latin, [seːˈmɛn.tɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [seˈmɛn.tis].