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σπείρω , Aeol. σπέρρω Sch.D.T.p.117 H., EM300.19: Ion. impf.
A.σπείρεσκονHdt.4.42: fut. “σπερῶE.El.79, Pl.Phdr.276d; Aeol. σπέρσω Sch.E.Hec.202: aor. “ἔσπειραA.Th.754 (lyr.), Hdt.7.107, Pl. Ti.41c: pf. “ἔσπαρκαPolyaen.2.1.1, etc.:—Med., aor. inf. “σπείρασθαιA.R.3.1028; aor. 2 σπαρέσθαι dub. l. in Polyaen.8.26:—Pass., fut. “σπα^ρήσομαιLXX Na.1.14, (δια-) D.S.17.69: aor. ἐσπάρην [α^] S.OT1498, Th.2.27: pf. “ἔσπαρμαιE.HF 1098, Ar.Ra. 1206, Pl.Lg.693a, etc.:— sow,
2. engender, beget offspring (cf. 11.2), S.Aj.1293, Tr.33, E.Ion 49, etc.; οἱ σπείραντες the parents, IG3.1339, cf. 14.1794 (Rome); ἄθυτα παλλακῶν σπέρματα ς. Pl.Lg.841d:—Pass., spring or be born, “ὅθενπερ αὐτὸς ἐσπάρηS.OT1498, cf. E.Ion 554 (troch.), Pl.R.460b; πρὸ τοῦ Ζήνωνα . . σπαρῆναι before Z. was begotten, Phld.Rh.2.110 S.
3. scatter like seed, strew, “χρυσὸν καὶ ἄργυρονHdt.7.107; “ς. φλόγαTrag.Adesp.85; of liquids, scatter or sprinkle, “ἐκ τευχέων ς. δρόσονE.Andr.167; spread abroad, extend, “ς. ἀγλαΐαν νάς Pi.N.1.13; spread rumour, “ς. ματαίαν βάξινS.El.642; μὴ σπεῖρε πολλοῖς τὸν παρόντα δαίμονα do not speak of it indiscriminately, Id.Fr.653:—Pass., to be scattered or dispersed, ἐσπαρμένος κατὰ . . πόλιν, of the ashes of Solon scattered over Salamis, Cratin.228; “τόξα δ᾽ ἔσπαρται πέδῳE.HF1098; of persons, “ἐσπάρησαν καθ᾽ ἙλλάδαTh.2.27; “ἐσπαρμένοι εἰς ἁρπαγήνX.HG3.4.22; κατὰ χώραν ib.6.2.17; “ἔσπαρται λόγοςE.Fr.846 ap.Ar.Ra.1206.
2. of procreation, “ματρὸς . . ς. ἄρουρανA.Th.754; “ς. τέκνων ἄλοκαE.Ph.18; “ς. λέχηId.Ion64; ἣν ἔσπειρε, i.e. his wife, Lib.Or. 37.9; v. supr. 1.2.
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