b. of children, σπορᾶς γε μὴν ἐκ τῆσδε from this origin, A.Pr.871; τοιοῦτος ὢν τοιῷδ᾽ ὀνειδίζεις σποράν; his origin, birth . . ? S.Aj.1298; procreation, παίδων, γένους, Pl.Lg.729c,783a; τὴν Ῥωμύλου ς. begetting, Plu.2.320b, cf. Ptol.Tetr.103,105.
2. seed-time, sowing-time, ἀπὸ τῆς ς. Thphr.HP 8.2.6; δεκέτεσιν σποραῖσιν in the tenth seed-time, i.e. year, E.El.1152 (lyr.).
II. seed, 1 Ep.Pet.1.23, PLeid.W.11.50; field sown, ξηρὰ ς. dry land, dub. l. in E.Andr.637; ς. δράκοντος ground sown with the dragon's teeth, S.Ant.1125 (lyr.).