σπέρμα
σπέρμ-α,
ατος,
τό,(
σπείρω)
A). seed, only once in
Hom., in metaph. sense, v. infr.
1.2 :
I). mostly,
seed 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
the products of earth, of corn-stalks,
AP 9.89 (
Phil.).
2). metaph.,
germ, origin of anything,
ς. πυρός Od. 5.490 ;
φλογός Pi. O. 7.48 , cf.
P. 3.37 ;
σπέρματα, =
στοιχεῖα ,
elements,
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 .
3). freq. in Poets,
seed, offspring,
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 .
ShortDef
seed, offspring
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Headword (normalized):
σπέρμα
Headword (normalized/stripped):
σπερμα
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-95847
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">σπέρμ-α</span>, <span class="itype greek">ατος</span>, <span class="gen greek">τό</span>,(<span class="etym greek">σπείρω</span>) <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">seed</span>, only once in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, in metaph. sense, v. infr. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.2/canonical-url/"> 1.2 </a>: </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>I).</strong></span> mostly, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">seed</span> of plants, <span class="foreign greek">ς. ἀνιέναι, κρύπτειν</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg002.perseus-grc1:307" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg002.perseus-grc1:307/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">h.Cer.</span> 307 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:97" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.97/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.97 </a>: pl., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:446" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:446/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 446 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ς. τῇ γῇ διδόναι, ἐμβαλεῖν</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc1:17:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc1:17.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Oec.</span> 17.8 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc1:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc1:10/canonical-url/"> 10 </a>: prov., <span class="quote greek">εἰς πέλαγος ς. βαλεῖν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epigr.Gr.</span> 1038.8 </span> (Pamphylia); of fruit, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:58:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:58.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiph.</span> 58.4 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τοῖς γαίης σπέρμασι</span> with <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the products</span> of earth, of corn-stalks, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 9.89 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phil.</span></span>). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">germ, origin</span> of anything, <span class="quote greek">ς. πυρός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:490" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.490/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 5.490 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">φλογός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.48/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 7.48 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3.37/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 3.37 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">σπέρματα,</span> = <span class="ref greek">στοιχεῖα</span> , <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">elements</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Anaxag.</span> 4 </span>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epicur.</span> </span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Ep.2</span> <span class="bibl"> p.38 </span> U., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:250" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:250/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 250 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὁ τὸ σπέρμα παρασχών, οὗτος τῶν φύντων αἴτιος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:159" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:159/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.159 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">συκοφάντου ς. καὶ ῥίζαν οἴεται δεῖν ὑπάρχειν τῇ πόλει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg025.perseus-grc1:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg025.perseus-grc1:48/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 25.48 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ς. τῆς στάσεως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg031:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg031:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mar.</span> 10 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τοῦ ὅρκου</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Longin.</span> 16.3 </span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">seed-time, sowing</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:781" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:781/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 781 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> of animals, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">seed, semen</span>, <span class="foreign greek">φέροισα ς. θεοῦ</span> pregnant <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">by</span> the god, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3.15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 3.15 </a>; but <span class="foreign greek">ς. φέρειν Ἡρακλέους</span> to be pregnant <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">of</span> Heracles, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:10:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:10.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 10.17 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μυελὸν .. εἰς ς. καὶ γόνον μερίζεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1734.tlg001:100b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1734.tlg001:100b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ti.Locr.</span> 100b </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:86c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:86c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 86c </a>; <span class="quote greek">ς. παραλαβεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:553" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:553/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 553 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">σπέρματος πλῆσαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg004:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg004:15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lyc.</span> 15 </a> : pl., <span class="quote greek">κατ’ ἀμφότερα τὰ ς. θεῶν ἀπόγονος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg055:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg055:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 2 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">race, origin, descent</span>, <span class="quote greek">τοὐμὸν .. σπέρμ’ ἰδεῖν βουλήσομαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1077" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1077/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 1077 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τίνος εἶ σπέρματος πατρόθεν</span>; <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:214" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:214/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 214 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">γένεθλον σπέρμα τ’ Ἀργεῖον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:290" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:290/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 290 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:236" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:236/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 236 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ς. ἄντασ’ Ἐρεχθειδᾶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:981" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:981/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 981 </a> (lyr.), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:93" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.93/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 7.93 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> freq. in Poets, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">seed, offspring</span>, <span class="foreign greek">τὸ βρότειον ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:399" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:399/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 399 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ς. Πελοπιδῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:503" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:503/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 503 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ς. [τοῦ Ἀβραάμ</span>] <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1:55" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1.55/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ev.Luc.</span> 1.55 </a>, etc.; sts. of a single person, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:61" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.61/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 9.61 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:705" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:705/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 705 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:364" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:364/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 364 </a>, Orac. ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 5.16 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg001:4:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg001:4.25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ge.</span> 4.25 </a>, etc.: pl., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:803" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:803/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 803 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:909" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:909/canonical-url/"> 909 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1246" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1246/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 1246 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:600" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:600/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 600 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg009.perseus-grc1:3:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg009.perseus-grc1:3.16/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.Gal.</span> 3.16 </a>; once in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span></span>, <span class="quote greek">ἀνθρώπων σπέρμασι νουθετοῦμεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:853c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:853c/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 853c </a> .</div> </div><br><br>'}