prō-sēmĭno
āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
I.
to sow or scatter about, to sow (rare but class.).
I.
Lit.: ostreas, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 216, 13: tamquam ex draconis alicujus dentibus proseminati, Lact. 6, 10, 19.—
II.
Trop., to disseminate, propagate: proseminatae sunt familiae, i. e. ortae, Cic. de Or. 3, 16, 61; id. Imp. Pomp. 1, 90.