Visitors ask...what is the Latin for...?

I have occasional searches that land here for the Latin word(s) for a specific term. Someone today was searching for the Latin term for the English verb, "to sow." There is no substitute for a first-rate Latin dictionary such as The Lewis and Short Dictionary or Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar. However, this is a very nice site at Notre Dame offering various options. I will allow you to do the exploring; there is a great deal of good information here and it is a fun site.

If one clicks on the hyperlink for English to Latin, and then enters the search term "sow" (note, don't enter the verb, "to sow," or the search engine will find Latin meanings for "to," the results are:

sow

baccar (bacchar) -aris n. and baccaris -is , f. [a plant], perhaps [sowbread].

consero (1) -serere -sevi -situm [to sow , plant]. Transf., [to cover].

consitio -onis f. [sowing , planting].

consitor -oris m. [sower , planter].

consitura -ae f. [sowing , planting].

dissero (1) -serere -sevi -situm [to scatter seed , sow; to spread].

intersero (1) -serere -sevi -situm [to sow or plant between].

obsero (2) -serere -sevi -situm [to sow thickly , cover with seeds, etc.]; partic. obsitus -a -um, [full of, covered with, beset by] (with abl.).

prosemino -are [to sow or scatter as seed; to disseminate].

satus (2) -us m. [sowing , planting; begetting, origin].

semino -are [to sow , plant; to beget, produce].

sero (1) serere sevi satum [to sow , set, plant]; n. pl. of partic. as subst. sata -orum, [standing corn, crops]; [to beget, engender, bring forth]; partic. satus -a -um, [sprung, born]; in gen. [to produce, give rise to].

Hope that helps!