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  "headword": "σπέρμα",
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          "definition": "<i>seed,</i> only once in Hom., in metaph. sense, v. infr. I.2:",
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            {
              "label": "I",
              "definition": "<i>seed</i> of plants, σ. ἀνιέναι, κρύπτειν, h.Cer. 307, cf. Hdt. 3.97: pl., Hes. Op. 446; σ. τῇ γῇ διδόναι, ἐμβαλεῖν, X. Oec. 17.8, 10: prov., εἰς πέλαγος σ. βαλεῖν Epigr.Gr. 1038.8 ( Pamphylia); of fruit, Antiph. 58.4; τοῖς γαίης σπέρμασι with <i>the products</i> of earth, of corn-stalks, AP 9.89 ( Phil.).",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "εἰς πέλαγος σ. βαλεῖν",
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                }
              ],
              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>germ, origin</i> of anything, σ. πυρός Od. 5.490; φλογός Pi. O. 7.48, cf. P. 3.37; σπέρματα, = στοιχεῖα, <i>elements,</i> Anaxag. 4, cf. Epicur. Ep. 2 p.38 U., Fr. 250; ὁ τὸ σπέρμα παρασχών, οὗτος τῶν φύντων αἴτιος D. 18.159; συκοφάντου σ. καὶ ῥίζαν οἴεται δεῖν ὑπάρχειν τῇ πόλει Id. 25.48; σ. τῆς στάσεως Plu. Mar. 10; τοῦ ὅρκου Longin. 16.3.",
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                        "quote": "σ. πυρός",
                        "ref": "Od. 5.490",
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                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-127063",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "φλογός",
                        "ref": "Pi. O. 7.48",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.48"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-127064",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὁ τὸ σπέρμα παρασχών, οὗτος τῶν φύντων αἴτιος",
                        "ref": "D. 18.159",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc2:159"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-127065",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "συκοφάντου σ. καὶ ῥίζαν οἴεται δεῖν ὑπάρχειν τῇ πόλει",
                        "ref": "Id. 25.48",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg025.perseus-grc2:48"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-127066",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "σ. τῆς στάσεως",
                        "ref": "Plu. Mar. 10",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg031.perseus-grc2:10"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-127067",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τοῦ ὅρκου",
                        "ref": "Longin. 16.3",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0560.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.3"
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                    }
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                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>seed-time, sowing,</i> Hes. Op. 781.",
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            },
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>seed, semen,</i> φέροισα σ. θεοῦ pregnant <i>by</i> the god, Pi. P. 3.15; but σ. φέρειν Ἡρακλέους to be pregnant <i>of</i> Heracles, Id. N. 10.17; μυελὸν . . εἰς σ. καὶ γόνον μερίζεσθαι Ti.Locr. 100b, cf. Pl. Ti. 86c; σ. παραλαβεῖν E. Or. 553; σπέρματος πλῆσαι Plu. Lyc. 15: pl., κατʼ ἀμφότερα τὰ σ. θεῶν ἀπόγονος Hp. Ep. 2.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "μυελὸν . . εἰς σ. καὶ γόνον μερίζεσθαι",
                    "ref": "Ti.Locr. 100b",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1734.tlg001.perseus-grc2:100b"
                  }
                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-127069",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "σ. παραλαβεῖν",
                    "ref": "E. Or. 553",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc2:553"
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                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-127070",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "σπέρματος πλῆσαι",
                    "ref": "Plu. Lyc. 15",
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                  }
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "κατʼ ἀμφότερα τὰ σ. θεῶν ἀπόγονος",
                    "ref": "Hp. Ep. 2",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg055.perseus-grc2:2"
                  }
                }
              ],
              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>race, origin, descent,</i> τοὐμὸν . . σπέρμʼ ἰδεῖν βουλήσομαι S. OT 1077; τίνος εἶ σπέρματος πατρόθεν; Id. OC 214 (lyr.); γένεθλον σπέρμα τʼ Ἀργεῖον A. Supp. 290, cf. Ch. 236; σ. ἄντασʼ Ἐρεχθειδᾶν S. Ant. 981 (lyr.), cf. Pi. O. 7.93, etc.",
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                        "quote": "τοὐμὸν . . σπέρμʼ ἰδεῖν βουλήσομαι",
                        "ref": "S. OT 1077",
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                      }
                    },
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "γένεθλον σπέρμα τʼ Ἀργεῖον",
                        "ref": "A. Supp. 290",
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                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-127074",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "σ. ἄντασʼ Ἐρεχθειδᾶν",
                        "ref": "S. Ant. 981",
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                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>seed, offspring,</i> τὸ βρότειον σ. A. Fr. 399; σ. Πελοπιδῶν Id. Ch. 503; σ. [τοῦ Ἀβραάμ] Ev.Luc. 1.55, etc.; sts. of a single person, Pi. O. 9.61, A. Pr. 705, S. Ph. 364, Orac. ap. Th. 5.16, LXX Ge. 4.25, etc.: pl., A. Eu. 803, 909, S. OT 1246, OC 600, Ep.Gal. 3.16; once in Pl., ἀνθρώπων σπέρμασι νουθετοῦμεν Lg. 853c.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "σ. Πελοπιδῶν",
                        "ref": "Id. Ch. 503",
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                      }
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἀνθρώπων σπέρμασι νουθετοῦμεν",
                        "ref": "Lg. 853c",
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