a town of Turkey in Europe, in the province of Servia, with a good citadel. It is the capital of a fangiacate, was taken by the Turks in 1690, and is seated on the Danube, in E. Long. 21° 45' N. Lat. 45° 0'.

SEMENTINÆ FERIE, in antiquity, feasts held annually among the Romans, to obtain of the gods a plentiful harvest. They were celebrated in the temple of Tellus, where solemn sacrifices were offered to Tellus and Ceres. These feasts were held about feed-time, usually in the month of January; for, as Macrobius observes, they were moveable feasts.