sow

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substantive

P. and V. ὗς, ἡ (Aesch., Fragment).

verb transitive

sow seed: P. and V. σπείρειν, κατασπείρειν (Plato), P. καταβάλλειν.

nor ought one to sow the seeds of such mischiefs in the city even though there be not yet any likelihood of a crop: P. ἀλλ' οὐδὲ σπέρμα δεῖ καταβάλλειν ἐν τῇ πόλει οὐδένα τοιούτων πραγμάτων, οὐδ' εἰ μή πω ἂν ἐκφύοι (Dem. 748).

what a harvest of sorrow did you sow for me ere you perished: V. ὅσας ἀνίας μοι κατασπείρας φθίνεις (Sophocles, Ajax 1005).

sow the fields: P. and V. σπείρειν.

Met., propagate P. and V. σπείρειν; (Plato), V. κατασπείρειν; see beget.

disseminate: P. and V. διασπείρειν, διαδιδόναι, ἐκφέρω, ἐκφέρειν, Ar. and V. σπείρειν.