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

|elnltext=σπορά -ᾶς, ἡ [~ σπείρω] het zaaien:; σπέρματων van zaad Plat. Amat. 134e; uitbr. zaaiseizoen; Eur. El. 1152; concr. zaailand, akker:. σ. δράκοντος drakenakker (waar de drakentanden gezaaid waren) Soph. Ant. 1125. overdr., van pers.: oorsprong, afkomst:. σπορᾶς... ἐκ τῆσδε van deze afkomst Aeschl. PV. 871.b. nakomeling, telg, nageslacht.