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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

  • πείρασον δὴ τοὺσ παῖδάσ σου ἡμέρασ δέκα, καὶ δότωσαν ἡμῖν ἀπὸ τῶν σπερμάτων, καὶ φαγώμεθα καὶ ὕδωρ πιώμεθα. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 1:12)
  • Ω τῶν Ἁβραμιαίων σπερμάτων ἀπόγονοι παῖδεσ Ἰσραηλῖται, πείθεσθε τῷ νόμῳ τούτῳ καὶ πάντα τρόπον εὐσεβεῖτε, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 18:1)
  • τοιαῦτα πολὺ μαντικώτεροι ὑμῶν οἱ γεωργοί, καὶ ἄριστα μαντεύσαιντ̓ ἂν ἡμῖν περὶ αὐτῶν, ὅτι ὕσαντοσ μὲν τοῦ θεοῦ εὐθαλῆ ἔσται τὰ δράγματα, ἢν δὲ αὐχμὸσ ἐπιλάβῃ καὶ διψήσωσιν αἱ ἄρουραι, οὐδεμία μηχανὴ μὴ οὐχὶ λιμὸν ἐπακολουθῆσαι τῷ δίψει αὐτῶν, καὶ ὅτι οὐ μεσοῦντοσ θέρουσ χρὴ ἀροῦν, ἢ οὐκ ἄν τι ὄφελοσ γένοιτο εἰκῆ ἐκχυθέντων τῶν σπερμάτων, οὐδὲ ἀμᾶν ἔτι χλωρὸν τὸν στάχυν, ἢ κενὸν εὑρεθήσεσθαι τὸν καρπόν. (Lucian, 12:1)
  • ὁ μὲν καθίησιν ἀρχὰσ σπερμάτων προσηκόντων γῆ δ’ ἀναδίδωσιν, αὔξεται δὲ τὰ μὲν ὄμβροισ τὰ δ’ ἀνέμοισ τὰ δ’ ἄστροισ ἐπιθαλπόμενα καὶ σελήνῃ, κοσμεῖ δ’ ἥλιοσ ἅπαντα καὶ πᾶσι τοῦτο δὴ τὸ παρ’ αὑτοῦ φίλτρον ἐγκεράννυσιν. (Plutarch, Ad principem ineruditum, chapter, section 3 5:1)
  • καὶ σαρξὶ χρῆται πρῶτον ὑπ’ οὐδεμιᾶσ ἀπορίασ οὐδ’ ἀμηχανίασ, ᾧ πάρεστιν ἀεὶ καθ’ ὡρ́αν ἄλλα ἐπ’ ἄλλοισ ἀπὸ φυτῶν καὶ σπερμάτων τρυγῶντι καὶ λαμβάνοντι καὶ δρεπομένῳ μὴ κάμνειν διὰ πλῆθοσ· (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 8 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. seed

  2. semen

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