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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

  • καὶ ἐγὼ ποιήσω οὕτωσ ὑμῖν. καὶ ἐπιστήσω ἐφ̓ ὑμᾶσ τὴν ἀπορίαν, τήν τε ψώραν, καὶ τὸν ἴκτερα σφακελίζοντα τοὺσ ὀφθαλμοὺσ ὑμῶν, καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν ὑμῶν ἐκτήκουσαν, καὶ σπερεῖτε διακενῆσ τὰ σπέρματα ὑμῶν, καὶ ἔδονται οἱ ὑπεναντίοι ὑμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 26:16)
  • καὶ τὰ σπέρματα ὑμῶν καὶ τοὺσ ἀμπελῶνασ ὑμῶν ἀποδεκατώσει καὶ δώσει τοῖσ εὐνούχοισ αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῖσ δούλοισ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 8:15)
  • πορευόμενοι ἐπορεύοντο καὶ ἔκλαιον βάλλοντεσ τὰ σπέρματα αὐτῶν. ἐρχόμενοι δὲ ἥξουσιν ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει αἴροντεσ τὰ δράγματα αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 125:6)
  • ἀναζητήσασ παντὸσ πεδίου εὔγειον κλῆρον σπεῖρε τὰ ἴδια σπέρματα πεποιθὼσ τῇ εὐγενείᾳ σου. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 26:20)
  • καὶ ὡσ γῆ αὔξουσα τὸ ἄνθοσ αὐτῆσ καὶ ὡσ κῆποσ τὰ σπέρματα αὐτοῦ, οὕτωσ ἀνατελεῖ Κύριοσ δικαιοσύνην καὶ ἀγαλλίαμα ἐναντίον πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 61:11)

Synonyms

  1. seed

  2. semen

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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