serō sēvī, satus, ere 1 SA-, to sow, plant: in iugero agri medimnum tritici seritur: frumenta, Cs.: serit arbores, quae alteri saeculo prosint: Nullam sacrā vite prius severis arborem, H.: alqd in solo: hordea campis, V.: (arbores) meā manu satae.

—Of land, to bestrew, plant, sow, cultivate: quot iugera sint sata: iste serendus ager, O.

—Of persons, to beget, bring forth, produce: sunt Bruti serendi: nec fortuito sati et creati sumus.

—Usu. P. perf., begotten, born, sprung: Ilia cum Lauso de Numitore sati, O.: largo satos Curetas ab imbri, O.: sata Tiresiā Manto, O.: non sanguine humano satum se esse, L.: satus Anchisā, son of Anchises, V.: satae Peliā, daughters of Pelias, O.

—Fig., to sow the seeds of, found, establish, produce, cause, excite: mores: cum patribus certamina, stir up, L.: civilīs discordias, L.

—To scatter, spread, disseminate: apud plebis homines crimina in senatum, L.: Rumores, V.