καρποφορ-έω,
bear fruit, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 1.3, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 755b10, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.602, +others, 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 255: _metaphorically_, of virtue, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.154; τῷ θεῷ NT.Rom.7.4; also τῷ θανάτῳ [prev. work] 5 ] NT+5th c.BC+]:—middle, [[ NT.Col.1.6, “BMus.Inscription” 918 (Halic.)] NT]:—passive, [[ 2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 80. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]