σπαρτός

English (LSJ)

ή, όν, also ός, όν E.Supp.578: (σπείρω):—

   A sown, grown from seed, cultivated, Thphr.HP6.8.2, Dsc.3.37, etc.    2 of men, οἱ . . σπαρτοί τε καὶ αὐτόχθονες Pl.Sph.247c; σπαρτῶν γένος children of men, A.Eu.410.    b esp. at Thebes, Σπαρτοί, οἱ, the Sown-men, those who sprang from the dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus, and their descendants, Pi.I.1.30,7(6).10; Σπαρτῶν στάχυς E.HF5; Ἐχίων σπαρτός IG14.1285 ii 9, 1292 i 3, cf. E.Ba.1274; λόγχη σπαρτός the Theban spear, Id.Supp.578.    II scattered, of the limbs of a corpse, AP7.383 (Phil.).