σπαρτός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, also ός, όν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>578</span>: (σπείρω):—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[sown]], [[grown from seed]], [[cultivated]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>6.8.2</span>, Dsc.3.37, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of men, οἱ . . σπαρτοί τε καὶ αὐτόχθονες <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>247c</span>; <b class="b3">σπαρτῶν γένος</b> children [[of men]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>410</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> esp. at Thebes, <b class="b3">Σπαρτοί, οἱ</b>, <b class="b2">the Sown-men</b>, those who sprang from the dragon's teeth [[sown]] by Cadmus, and their descendants, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>1.30</span>,<span class="bibl">7(6).10</span>; Σπαρτῶν στάχυς <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>5</span>; Ἐχίων σπαρτός <span class="title">IG</span>14.1285 ii 9, 1292 i 3, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>1274</span>; <b class="b3">λόγχη σπαρτός</b> the <span class="title">Theban</span> spear, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>578</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[scattered]], of the limbs of a corpse, <span class="title">AP</span>7.383 (Phil.).</span>