verb transitive

dis-sĕro

3rd PP dissēvi

(serui, poet. ap. Macr. S. 2, 14, 12)

to scatter seed; to sow here and there; to sow ••

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.—

To fix in the earth at intervals; to plant here and there •

To fix in the earth at intervals, to plant here and there: taleae mediocribus intermissis spatiis disserebantur, Caes. B. G. 7, 73 fin.

Perseus ID: n14388 Key: dissero1