πέτρην κοιλαίνει ρανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
sēmĭnĭum: ii, n. semen,
I a begetting (of animals), procreation (ante-class.), Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 68; Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 1.—
II Transf., a race, stock, breed (of animals), Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 14; 2, 3, 3; 3, 9, 6; Lucr. 3, 742; 3, 746; 4, 1005.