seminio

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Italian

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Etymology

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From seminare (to sow) +‎ -io (frequentative).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /se.miˈni.o/
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation: se‧mi‧nì‧o

Noun

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seminio m (plural seminii) (rare)

  1. (literal) the act of sowing
  2. (figurative) the act of scattering or spreading around
  3. a multitude (of spread things)
    • 1909, Giovanni Pascoli, “La vertigine”, in Nuovi poemetti, 4th edition, ed. Nicola Zanichelli, published 1918, page 82, lines 30–34:
      Qual freddo orrore pendere su quelle
      lontane, fredde, bianche azzurre e rosse,
      su quell’immenso baratro di stelle!
      sopra quei gruppi, sopra quelli ammassi,
      quel seminìo, quel polverio di stelle!
      Such cold horror, to hang above on those far, cold, white, blue and red [stars], above that boundless chasm of stars! Above those groups, above those masses, that multitude, that sprinkle of stars!

Further reading

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  • seminio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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