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σπέρμ-α , ατος, τό, (σπείρω)
A.seed, only once in Hom., in metaph. sense, v. infr. 1.2:
I. mostly, seed of plants, ς. ἀνιέναι, κρύπτειν, h.Cer.307, cf. Hdt.3.97: pl., Hes.Op.446; ς. τῇ γῇ διδόναι, ἐμβαλεῖν, X.Oec.17.8, 10: prov., “εἰς πέλαγος ς. βαλεῖνEpigr.Gr.1038.8 (Pamphylia); of fruit, Antiph.58.4; τοῖς γαίης σπέρμασι with the products of earth, of corn-stalks, AP9.89 (Phil.).
3. seed-time, sowing, Hes.Op. 781.
3. freq. in Poets, seed, offspring, τὸ βρότειον ς. A.Fr.399; “ς. ΠελοπιδῶνId.Ch.503; ς. [τοῦ Ἀβραάμ] Ev.Luc.1.55, etc.; sts. of a single person, Pi.O.9.61, A.Pr.705, S.Ph.364, Orac. ap. Th.5.16, LXX Ge.4.25, etc.: pl., A.Eu.803,909, S.OT1246, OC600, Ep.Gal.3.16; once in Pl., “ἀνθρώπων σπέρμασι νουθετοῦμενLg.853c.
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