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|Definition=ἡ, ([[σπείρω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[sowing]] of seed, σπερμάτων Pl.''Amat.''134e: hence metaph., <b class="b3">μαθημάτων εἰς ψυχήν</b> ibid.<br><span class="bld">b</span> of children, <b class="b3">σπορᾶς γε μὴν ἐκ τῆσδε</b> from this [[origin]], [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''871; <b class="b3">τοιοῦτος ὢν τοιῷδ' ὀνειδίζεις σποράν</b>; his [[origin]], [[birth]]..? [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1298; [[procreation]], παίδων, [[γένους]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''729c,783a; <b class="b3">τὴν Ῥωμύλου σποράν</b> [[begetting]], Plu.2.320b, cf. Ptol.''Tetr.''103,105.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[seed-time]], [[sowing-time]], <b class="b3">ἀπὸ τῆς σπορᾶς</b> [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 8.2.6; <b class="b3">δεκέτεσιν σποραῖσιν</b> in the tenth [[seed-time]], i.e. [[year]], E.''El.''1152 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[seed]], ''1 Ep.Pet.''1.23, ''PLeid.W.''11.50; [[field sown]], <b class="b3">ξηρὰ σπορά</b> [[dry land]], dub. l. in [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Andromache|Andr.]]''637; <b class="b3">σπορὰ δράκοντος</b> [[ground sown]] with the dragon's teeth, S.''Ant.''1125 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">b</span> of persons, [[seed]], [[offspring]], Id.''Tr.''316,420; γυναῖκα καὶ τέκνων.. σποράν Men.598: pl., [[young ones]], dub. in E.''Cyc.''56: generally, [[θῆλυς σπορά]] the [[female race]], Id.''Hec.'' 659; [[θήλεια σπορά]] Id.''Tr.''503.