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σπερματίας

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Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque
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Full diacritics: σπερμᾰτίας Medium diacritics: σπερματίας Low diacritics: σπερματίας Capitals: ΣΠΕΡΜΑΤΙΑΣ
Transliteration A: spermatías Transliteration B: spermatias Transliteration C: spermatias Beta Code: spermati/as

English (LSJ)

σικυός, ὁ, a cucumber or gourd

   A left to ripen for seed, opp. εὐνουχίας, Cratin.136.

German (Pape)

[Seite 920] ὁ, σικυός, Saamengurke, dem εὐνουχίας entggstzt, Cratin. bei Ath. II, 68 c.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

σπερμᾰτίας: σικυός, ὁ, ἀγγούριον ἢ κολοκύνθιον ἀφιέμενον νὰ ὡριμάσῃ πρὸς συλλογὴν σπόρων, ἀντίθετον τῷ εὐνουχίας, Κρατῖν. ἐν «Ὀδυσσεῦσιν» 8, Ἡσύχ.

Greek Monolingual

ὁ, ΝΜΑ
καρπός που αφήνεται να ωριμάσει πάνω στο φυτό για να κρατηθούν, για σπορά, οι σπόροι του, αλλ. σπορίτης.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < σπέρμα, -ατος + κατάλ. -ίας (πρβλ. καρκιν-ίας)].