φυτοσπόρος
From LSJ
καὶ ὑποθέμενος κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς φέρειν τὰς πληγάς, ὡς ἐν ἐκείνῃ τοῦ τε κακοῦ τοῦ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους → and having instructed them to bring their blows against the head, seeing that the harm to humans ... (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 1.50)
English (LSJ)
(parox.), ον,
A planting: generative, ἀλκή Orph.Fr.274: metaph., begetting, ὁ φ. father, S.Tr.359; φυτοσπόροι, οἱ, ancestors, hence metaph., predecessors, Vett.Val.239.10: c. gen., γένους φ. Ar.Byz.Arg.S.OT
German (Pape)
[Seite 1320] (Pflanzen) säend. – Auch übertr., ὁ φυτοσπόρος, der Erzeuger, Vater, Soph. Tr. 358.
