Latin

Etymology 1

Noun

sēmentium

  1. genitive plural of sēmentis

Etymology 2

Neuter form based on etymology 1. The singular sementium is first attested in the Vetus Itala. The plural sementia is attested in Pseudo-Augustine (late 6th. c.) and in a document dating from 820 CE.

Noun

sementium n (genitive sementiī or sementī); second declension (Late Latin)

  1. (nonstandard) seed
Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

(Note: all reflect the plural sementia, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.)

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