| |Definition=Aeol. [[σπέρρω]] Sch.D.T.<span class="bibl">p.117</span> H., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>300.19</span>: Ion. impf. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> σπείρεσκον <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.42</span>: fut. σπερῶ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>79</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>276d</span>; Aeol. [[σπέρσω]] Sch.<span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>202</span>: aor. ἔσπειρα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>754</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.107</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Ti.</span>41c</span>: pf. ἔσπαρκα <span class="bibl">Polyaen.2.1.1</span>, etc.:—Med., aor. inf. σπείρασθαι <span class="bibl">A.R.3.1028</span>; aor. 2 [[σπαρέσθαι]] dub. l. in <span class="bibl">Polyaen.8.26</span>:—Pass., fut. σπᾰρήσομαι <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Na.</span>1.14</span>, (δια-) <span class="bibl">D.S.17.69</span>: aor. <b class="b3">ἐσπάρην</b> [ᾰ] <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1498</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.27</span>: pf. ἔσπαρμαι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span> 1098</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span> 1206</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>693a</span>, etc.:— [[sow]], </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> [[sow]] [[seed]], c. acc., (κέγχρους) <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>399</span>; σῖτον <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.17</span>; στάχυν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>121</span>; of Cadmus, σ. γηγενῆ στάχυν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ba.</span>264</span> (so in Med., σπείρασθαι ὀδόντας <span class="bibl">A.R.3.1028</span>): abs., [[sow]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>391</span>; opp. [[θερίζω]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>710</span>, etc.: metaph., <b class="b3">θερ. καὶ σ. ταῖς γλώσσαις</b>, of [[corrupt]] [[orator]]s, ib. <span class="bibl">1697</span> (lyr.); καρπὸν ὧν ἔσπειρε θερίζειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>260d</span>; αἰσχρῶς μὲν ἔσπειρας κακῶς δὲ ἐθέρισας <span class="bibl">Gorg.16</span>: [[proverb|prov.]], <b class="b3">εἰς πέτρας τε καὶ λίθους σπείρειν</b> <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>838e</span>; <b class="b3">σπείρω κατὰ πετρῶν</b>, i.e. εἰς [[πέλαγος]] (cf. [[σπέρμα]] <span class="bibl">1.1</span>), <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Am.</span> 20</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[engender]], [[beget]] offspring (cf. <span class="bibl">11.2</span>), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1293</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tr.</span>33</span>, E.<span class="title">Ion</span> <span class="bibl">49</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">οἱ σπείραντες</b> the [[parents]], IG3.1339, cf. 14.1794 (Rome); <b class="b3">ἄθυτα παλλακῶν σπέρματα σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>841d</span>:—Pass., [[spring]] or [[be born]], ὅθενπερ αὐτὸς ἐσπάρη <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1498</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span> 554</span> (troch.), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>460b</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸ τοῦ Ζήνωνα . . σπαρῆναι</b> before Z. was begotten, Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>2.110 S. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[scatter like seed]], [[strew]], χρυσὸν καὶ ἄργυρον <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.107</span>; σ. [[φλόγα]] <span class="title">Trag.Adesp.</span>85; of liquids, [[scatter]] or [[sprinkle]], ἐκ τευχέων σ. δρόσον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>167</span>; [[spread abroad]], [[extend]], σ. ἀγλαΐαν νάς ῳ <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>1.13</span>; [[spread]] [[rumour]], σ. ματαίαν βάξιν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>642</span>; <b class="b3">μὴ σπεῖρε πολλοῖς τὸν παρόντα δαίμονα</b> [[do]] not [[speak of]] it [[indiscriminately]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>653</span>:—Pass., to [[be scattered]] or [[be dispersed]], <b class="b3">ἐσπαρμένος κατὰ . . πόλιν</b>, of the ''ash''es of [[Solon]] [[scatter]]ed over [[Salamis]], <span class="bibl">Cratin.228</span>; τόξα δ' ἔσπαρται πέδῳ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>1098</span>; of persons, ἐσπάρησαν καθ' Ἑλλάδα <span class="bibl">Th.2.27</span>; ἐσπαρμένοι εἰς ἁρπαγήν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>3.4.22</span>; <b class="b3">κατὰ χώραν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">6.2.17</span>; ἔσπαρται λόγος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>846</span> ap.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1206</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[sow]] a [[field]], νειόν <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>463</span>; γῆν, [[τέμενος]], [[πεδιάδα]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.42</span>, <span class="bibl">9.116</span>, <span class="bibl">122</span>; ἄρουραν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>158</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ σπειρομένη Αἴγυπτος</b> the [[arable]] part of [[Egypt]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.77</span>; τυχεῖν μὲν ἤδη 'σπαρμένα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span> 1140</span>; ἀροῦται καὶ σπείρεται τὸ Θηβαίων ἄστυ <span class="bibl">Din.1.24</span>: [[proverb|prov.]], [[πόντον σπείρειν]], of [[lost]] [[labour]], <span class="bibl">Thgn.106</span>, <span class="bibl">107</span>: metaph., καινοτάταις σ. διανοίαις <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1044</span>; σ. εἰς ἀρετῆς ἔκφυσιν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>777e</span>; τοὺς ἐν γράμμασι κήπους <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phdr.</span> 276d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of [[procreation]], ματρὸς . . σ. ἄρουραν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>754</span>; σ. τέκνων ἄλοκα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>18</span>; σ. λέχη <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ion</span>64</span>; <b class="b3">ἣν ἔσπειρε</b>, i.e. his wife, <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span> 37.9</span>; v. supr. <span class="bibl">1.2</span>.</span> | | |Definition=Aeol. [[σπέρρω]] Sch.D.T.p.117 H., ''EM''300.19: Ion. impf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> σπείρεσκον Hdt.4.42: fut. σπερῶ E.''El.''79, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]'' 276d; Aeol. [[σπέρσω]] Sch.E.''Hec.''202: aor. ἔσπειρα A.''Th.''754 (lyr.), Hdt.7.107, Pl. ''Ti.''41c: pf. ἔσπαρκα Polyaen.2.1.1, etc.:—Med., aor. inf. σπείρασθαι A.R.3.1028; aor. 2 [[σπαρέσθαι]] dub. l. in Polyaen.8.26:—Pass., fut. σπᾰρήσομαι [[LXX]] ''Na.''1.14, (δια-) D.S.17.69: aor. <b class="b3">ἐσπάρην</b> [ᾰ] S.''OT''1498, Th.2.27: pf. ἔσπαρμαι E.''HF'' 1098, Ar.''Ra.'' 1206, Pl.''Lg.''693a, etc.:—[[sow]],<br><span class="bld">I</span> [[sow]] [[seed]], c. acc., ([[κέγχρους]]) Hes.''Sc.''399; σῖτον Hdt.4.17; στάχυν E.''Cyc.''121; of Cadmus, σ. γηγενῆ στάχυν Id.''Ba.''264 (so in Med., σπείρασθαι ὀδόντας A.R.3.1028): abs., [[sow]], Hes.''Op.''391; opp. [[θερίζω]], Ar.''Av.''710, etc.: metaph., <b class="b3">θερ. καὶ σ. ταῖς γλώσσαις</b>, of [[corrupt]] [[orator]]s, ib. 1697 (lyr.); καρπὸν ὧν ἔσπειρε θερίζειν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]'' 260d; αἰσχρῶς μὲν ἔσπειρας κακῶς δὲ ἐθέρισας Gorg.16: [[proverb|prov.]], <b class="b3">εἰς πέτρας τε καὶ λίθους σπείρειν</b> Pl.''Lg.''838e; <b class="b3">σπείρω κατὰ πετρῶν</b>, i.e. εἰς [[πέλαγος]] (cf. [[σπέρμα]] 1.1), Luc.''Am.'' 20.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[engender]], [[beget]] offspring (cf. 11.2), [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1293, ''Tr.''33, E.''Ion'' 49, etc.; <b class="b3">οἱ σπείραντες</b> the [[parents]], IG3.1339, cf. 14.1794 (Rome); <b class="b3">ἄθυτα παλλακῶν σπέρματα σ.</b> Pl.''Lg.''841d:—Pass., [[spring]] or [[be born]], ὅθενπερ αὐτὸς ἐσπάρη S.''OT''1498, cf. E.''Ion'' 554 (troch.), [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 460b; <b class="b3">πρὸ τοῦ Ζήνωνα.. σπαρῆναι</b> before Z. was begotten, Phld.''Rh.''2.110 S.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[scatter like seed]], [[strew]], χρυσὸν καὶ ἄργυρον Hdt.7.107; σ. [[φλόγα]] ''Trag.Adesp.''85; of liquids, [[scatter]] or [[sprinkle]], ἐκ τευχέων σ. δρόσον E.''Andr.''167; [[spread abroad]], [[extend]], σ. ἀγλαΐαν νάς ῳ Pi.''N.''1.13; [[spread]] [[rumour]], σ. ματαίαν βάξιν S.''El.''642; <b class="b3">μὴ σπεῖρε πολλοῖς τὸν παρόντα δαίμονα</b> [[do]] not [[speak of]] it [[indiscriminately]], Id.''Fr.''653:—Pass., to [[be scattered]] or [[be dispersed]], <b class="b3">ἐσπαρμένος κατὰ.. πόλιν</b>, of the ''ash''es of [[Solon]] [[scatter]]ed over [[Salamis]], Cratin.228; τόξα δ' ἔσπαρται πέδῳ E.''HF''1098; of persons, ἐσπάρησαν καθ' Ἑλλάδα Th.2.27; ἐσπαρμένοι εἰς ἁρπαγήν X.''HG''3.4.22; <b class="b3">κατὰ χώραν</b> ib.6.2.17; ἔσπαρται λόγος E.''Fr.''846 ap.Ar.''Ra.''1206.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[sow]] a [[field]], νειόν Hes.''Op.''463; γῆν, [[τέμενος]], [[πεδιάδα]], Hdt.4.42, 9.116, 122; ἄρουραν A.''Fr.''158; <b class="b3">ἡ σπειρομένη Αἴγυπτος</b> the [[arable]] part of [[Egypt]], Hdt.2.77; τυχεῖν μὲν ἤδη 'σπαρμένα Ar.''Pax'' 1140; ἀροῦται καὶ σπείρεται τὸ Θηβαίων ἄστυ Din.1.24: [[proverb|prov.]], [[πόντον σπείρειν]], of [[lost]] [[labour]], Thgn.106, 107: metaph., καινοτάταις σ. διανοίαις Ar.''V.''1044; σ. εἰς ἀρετῆς ἔκφυσιν Pl.''Lg.''777e; τοὺς ἐν γράμμασι κήπους Id.''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]'' 276d.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of [[procreation]], ματρὸς.. σ. ἄρουραν A.''Th.''754; σ. τέκνων ἄλοκα E.''Ph.''18; σ. λέχη Id.''Ion''64; <b class="b3">ἣν ἔσπειρε</b>, i.e. his wife, Lib.''Or.'' 37.9; v. supr. 1.2. |