φυτοσπόρος
From LSJ
ἂν βούλησθε ἀκούειν καί μοι περιουσία ᾖ τοῦ ὕδατος → if you care to hear and if the water in the water-clock holds out, if you care to hear and if I have time enough for speaking
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.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
φῠτοσπόρος: -ον, ὁ φυτεύων· μεταφορ., ὁ φυτεύων τέκνα, ὁ φυτοσπόρος, ὁ πατήρ, Σοφ. Τρ. 358· μετὰ γεν., Χριστοδ. Ἔκφρ. 106· Ὑπόθεσις α΄ εἰς Σοφ. Ο. Τ.
