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|lshtext=<b>sĕgĕs</b>: ĕtis, f. etym. dub.; perh. [[root]] [[sag]]-, to [[fill]], [[feed]]; Gr. [[σάττω]];> Lat. [[sagmen]], q. v.,<br /><b>I</b> a cornfield.<br /><b>I</b> Lit. (freq. and [[class]].): partem dimidiam (stercoris) in segetem, ubi [[pabulum]] seras, invehito, [[Cato]], R. R. 29; cf. id. ib. 36: segetes subigere aratris, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 395, 15; [[Cato]], R. R. 37; 155; 5, 4 (v. [[defrugo]]); id. Fragm. ap. Gell. 13, 17, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 5; 1, 29, 1; 1, 50, 1 sq.; 1, 69, 1; 2, 7, 11 al.; Lucil., Att., and Varr. ap. Non. 395, 24 sq.; Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13; 1, 28, 69: segetes secundae et uberes, Cic. Or. 15, 48; id. Sen. 15, 54, id. Verr. 2, 3, 8, § 20: cohortes frumentatum in proximas segetes misit, Caes. B. G. 6, 36, 2; Tib. 1, 3, 61; Verg. G. 1, 47 Heyne; 2, 267; 4, 129: segetes occat [[tibi]] mox frumenta daturas, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 161; id. C. 1, 31, 4; Col. 2, 14, 2 et saep.— Comically: stimulorum [[seges]], a cudgelfield, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., the [[standing]] [[corn]], growing [[corn]], [[crop]] in a [[field]] ([[class]]., [[but]] not freq. [[till]] [[after]] the Aug. per.: est eorum (rusticorum) gemmare [[vitis]], laetas esse segetes, etc., Cic. Or. 24, 81; id. de Or. 3, 38, 155, is cited, [[merely]] by [[way]] of [[example]], as used by the rustici; syn. [[messis]]): [[seges]] grandissima [[atque]] optima, Varr. R. R. 1, 52, 1: culto stat [[seges]] alta [[solo]], Ov. A. A. 3, 102: [[seges]] [[prope]] jam matura, Caes. B. C. 3, 81 fin. (cf. [[infra]], Liv. 2, 5): [[antequam]] [[seges]] in articulum [[eat]], Col. 2, 12, 9: [[uligo]] segetem enecat, id. 2, 9, 9: et segetis canae stantes percurrere aristas, Ov. M. 10, 655: producit [[fruges]] et segetem imbecillem, Sen. Q. N. 2, 6, 6; id. Ben. 6, 4, 4.—Plur.: segetes Collibus et campis habere, Lucr. 5, 1371: [[quid]] faciat laetas segetes, Verg. G. 1, 1: adultae segetes, Col. 2, 9, 10: segetes laetas excitare, id. 2, 15, 4: laetas segetes afferre, id. 2, 17, 3.—With gen.: [[seges]] farris matura messi, Liv. 2, 5: lini et avenae, Verg. G. 1, 77: leguminum, Col. 2, 13, 3.—Poet., of men springing up [[out]] of the [[ground]]: crescit [[seges]] clipeata virorum, Ov. M. 3, 110; 7, 30; id. H. 12, 59 al.—Of a [[multitude]] of things [[crowded]] [[together]], a [[crop]], etc.: confixum [[ferrea]] texit Telorum [[seges]], Verg. A. 3, 46; cf. id. ib. 7, 526, and 12, 663; so, ferri, Claud. in Ruf. 2, 391; cf.: Mavortia ferri, id. III. Cons. Hon. 135: hystricis, Aus. Idyll. 2 (Claud. Hystr. 12): aëna (hydraulici organi), Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 316: [[seges]] osculationis, Cat. 48, 6.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> (Acc. to I. A.) A [[field]], [[ground]], [[soil]] ([[rare]] [[but]] [[class]].): [[quod]] [[beneficium]] [[haud]] sterili in segete, rex, te obsesse intellegis, Att. ap. Non. 395, 27: fert casiam non culta [[seges]], Tib. 1, 3, 61: ubi prima paretur Arboribus [[seges]], Verg. G. 2, 267: [[quid]] odisset Clodium [[Milo]] segetem ac materiem suae gloriae? Cic. Mil. 13, 35; cf.: videtur esse criminum [[seges]], maledictorum [[materia]], Arn. 5, 172.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> (Acc. to I. B.) A [[crop]], [[fruit]], [[produce]], [[result]], [[profit]] ([[poet]]. and [[very]] [[rare]]): [[fertile]] [[pectus]] habes, interque Helicona colentes Uberius nulli provenit ista [[seges]], Ov. P. 4, 2, 12: quae [[inde]] [[seges]], Juv. 7, 103: [[inde]] [[seges]] scelerum, Prud. Ham. 258.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>sĕgĕs</b>,⁹ ĕtis, f.,<br /><b>1</b> champ : <b> a)</b> champ [[non]] ensemencé : [[Cato]] Agr. 29 ; 36 ; 155, 2 ; Cic. d. Non. 395, 15 ; Acc. d. Cic. Tusc. 2, 13 ; Virg. G. 4, 129 ; Tib. 1, 3, 61 ; <b> b)</b> champ ensemencé : [[Varro]] R. 1, 29, 1 ; Acc. d. Cic. Tusc. 1, 69 ; Cic. Or. 48 ; CM 54 ; Verr. 2, 3, 20 ; Cæs. G. 6, 36, 2 ; Virg. G. 1, 47 ; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 161 &#124;&#124; [fig.] [[quid]] odisset Clodium [[Milo]], segetem ac materiam suæ gloriæ ? Cic. Mil. 35, pourquoi Milon aurait-il détesté [[Clodius]], ce champ, [[cette]] matière qui lui fournit sa gloire ? cf. Acc. d. Non. 395, 27<br /><b>2</b> <b> a)</b> le champ de céréales, les céréales sur pied, moisson : Cic. Or. 81 ; de Or. 3, 155 ; [[Varro]] R. 1, 52, 1 ; Cæs. C. 3, 81, 3 ; <b> b)</b> [en gén.] ce qui pousse dans un champ, production d’un champ : [[seges]] [[lini]], avenæ Virg. G. 1, 77, la pousse du lin, de l’avoine ; les récoltes de lin, d’avoine, cf. Virg. G. 2, 267 ; [[seges]] farris dicitur fuisse matura messi Liv. 2, 5, 3, il y avait, dit-on, du blé sur pied, mûr pour la moisson ; <b> c)</b> [fig.] Virg. En. 7, 526 ; 12, 663.
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{{Georges
|georg=seges, etis, f. (zu Wz. *se- in 2. [[sero]]; vgl. [[semen]]), I) die [[Saat]] [[auf]] den Feldern [[von]] der [[Aussaat]] [[bis]] zum Abmähen, 1) eig. u. bildl.: a) eig.: [[lini]] s., Leinsaat, Apul.: laetae segetes, Cic.: [[seges]] it in articulum, Colum.: [[seges]] farris est matura messi, Liv.: demessis segetibus, Colum.: s. Indorum, Wohlgerüche (Myrrhen usw.), Sen. poët.: v. [[Weinstock]], v. [[Pflanzen]], Verg. georg. 2, 411: [[prima]] [[seges]], junger [[Anwuchs]] (der Reben), Verg. georg. 2, 267. – b) bildl. = [[Vorteil]], [[Nutzen]], [[quae]] [[inde]] [[seges]], Iuven. 7, 103. – 2) übtr., [[Saat]] = dichte [[Menge]], s. clipeata virorum, Ov.: telorum, Verg.: ferri, Claud.: dah. [[von]] einem Dichter, [[uberius]] [[nulli]] provenit ista [[seges]], Ov. – II) meton., das [[Saatfeld]], 1) eig. u. bildl.: a) eig., Scriptt. r. r., Cic., Liv. u.a. (s. Fabri Liv. 23, 48, 1): scherzh., stimulorum [[seges]], Prügelsaat (v. Sklaven, die [[immer]] gepeitscht [[werden]]), Plaut. – b) bildl., [[wie]] [[unser]] »das [[Feld]], der [[Boden]]«, [[quid]] odisset Clodium [[Milo]], segetem ac materiam suae gloriae, Cic.: criminum, Arnob. – 2) poet. übtr., jedes [[Gefilde]], Cereri opportuna [[seges]], Verg.: fert casiam [[non]] [[culta]] [[seges]], Tibull.
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|lnetxt=seges segetis N F :: grain field; crop
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