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σπείρω to sow: to sow seed, Hes., Attic to sow children, to engender, beget them, Soph.:—Pass. to be born, Soph., Eur. to scatter like seed, strew, throw about, χρυσὸν καὶ ἄργυρον Hdt.; δρόσον Eur.:—to spread abroad, as Virgil spargere voces, Soph.:—Pass. to be scattered, dispersed, Eur., Thuc. to sow a field, Hes., Hdt., etc.: Pass., ἡ σπειρομένη Αἴγυπτος the arable part of Egypt, Hdt. proverb., πόντον σπείρειν, of lost labour, Theogn.

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σπείρω

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σπείρω

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σπειρω

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29998

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n30032

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