seminio
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /se.miˈni.o/
- Rhymes: -io
- Hyphenation: se‧mi‧nì‧o
Noun
seminio m (plural seminii) (rare)
- (literal) the act of sowing
- (figurative) the act of scattering or spreading around
- 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
- seminio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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