σπόρος
From LSJ
ὄρνιθι γὰρ καὶ τὴν τότ᾽ αἰσίῳ τύχην παρέσχες ἡμῖν → for it was by a good omen that you provided that past fortune to us
English (LSJ)
ὁ, (σπείρω)
A sowing, Hdt.8.109, X.Oec.7.20, Theoc.16.94, etc.; μετὰ τὸν σ. Pl.Ti.42d: metaph., ὁ γαμήλιος σ. καὶ ἄροτος Plu. 2.144b: pl., Thphr.HP7.5.5. 2 seed-time, X.Oec.17.4; ἀπὸ σπόρω Theoc.10.14. II seed, λίνου σ. Hp.Epid.7.65; σ. ἐν νειοῖσιν βάλλοντες Theoc.25.25, cf. A.R.3.413, Ev.Marc.4.26, etc. 2 harvest, crop, Hdt.4.53, PGrenf.2.36.16 (i B.C.), etc.; ὁ πρώϊμος σ. OGI56.68 (Canopus, iii B.C.); γᾶς σ. S.Ph.706 (lyr.). 3 offspring, Lyc.221,750. 4 semen genitale, v.l. for γονή in Hp.Vict.2.54.
