seminio

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

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

Anagrams

• Simeoni, eonismi, esonimi, miosine, simonie