σπερμ-αίνω,
A. sow with seed, fertilize, of the Nile, Plu. 2.366a ; of the male, Horap. 2.115 : c. acc. cogn., ς. σπέρμα
Aq.
, Thd. Ge. 1.29 .
2. metaph.,procreate, ς. γενεήν
Hes. Op. 736
, cf. Call. Fr. 207 : abs., Arist. Pr. 876b39 :— Med. , Nonn. D. 3.295 .