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σπέρμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: σπέρμα σπέρματος

Structure: σπερματ (Stem)

Etym.: spei/rw

Sense

  1. seed
  2. semen

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • μὴ νεμέσα, Δήμητερ, ἀπὸ χθονὸσ εἰ βροτὸν οὖσαν κοῦραι τοῖσ γαίησ σπέρμασιν ἠμφίεσαν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 89 1:1)
  • ἐπειδὴ δὲ οὐ, καθάπερ οἱ παλαιοὶ νομοθέται θεῶν παισὶν νομοθετούμενοι τοῖσ ἡρ́ωσιν, ὡσ ὁ νῦν λόγοσ, αὐτοί τ’ ἐκ θεῶν ὄντεσ ἄλλοισ τε ἐκ τοιούτων γεγονόσιν ἐνομοθέτουν, ἀλλ’ ἄνθρωποί τε καὶ ἀνθρώπων σπέρμασιν νομοθετοῦμεν τὰ νῦν, ἀνεμέσητον δὴ φοβεῖσθαι μή τισ ἐγγίγνηται τῶν πολιτῶν ἡμῖν οἱο͂ν κερασβόλοσ, ὃσ ἀτεράμων εἰσ τοσοῦτον φύσει γίγνοιτ’ ἂν ὥστε μὴ τήκεσθαι· (Plato, Laws, book 9 4:1)
  • οὐ λέγει Καὶ τοῖσ σπέρμασιν, ὡσ ἐπὶ πολλῶν, ἀλλ’ ὡσ ἐφ’ ἑνόσ Καὶ τῷ σπέρματί σου, ὅσ ἐστιν Χριστόσ. (PROS GALATAS, chapter 1 68:2)

Synonyms

  1. seed

  2. semen

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