σπείρω,
Aeolic dialect σπέρρω[[ Scholia 2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus p.117 H., “Etymologicum Magnum” 300.19 ] Refs]: Ionic dialect imperfect σπείρεσκον [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.42 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: future σπερῶ [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 79, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 276d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect σπέρσω [[Scholia 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 202 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἔσπειρα [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 754 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.107, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 41c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἔσπαρκα [[ 2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 2.1.1, etc.] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—middle, aorist infinitive σπείρασθαι [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.1028 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; aorist 2 σπαρέσθαι uncertain reading in [[ 2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 8.26 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, future σπᾰρήσομαι [[ LXX.Nah.1.14, (δια-) 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.69: ] LXX+1st c.BC+]aorist ἐσπάρην [ᾰ] [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1498, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.27 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἔσπαρμαι [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1098, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1206, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 693a, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— sow,
__I sow seed, with accusative, [κέγχρους] [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 399; σῖτον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.17; στάχυν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 121 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of Cadmus, σ. γηγενῆ στάχυν [[ [prev. author] “Ba.” 264 ] Refs] (so in middle, σπείρασθαι ὀδόντας [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.1028)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: absolutely, sow, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 391 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to θερίζω, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 710, etc.: _metaphorically_, θερ. καὶ σ. ταῖς γλώσσαις, of corrupt orators, [prev. work] 1697 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; καρπὸν ὧν ἔσπειρε θερίζειν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 260d; αἰσχρῶς μὲν ἔσπειρας κακῶς δὲ ἐθέρισας 5th c.BC: Gorgias Rhetor et Sophista 16: proverbial, εἰς πέτρας τε καὶ λίθους σ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 838e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. κατὰ πετρῶν, i.e. εἰς πέλαγος [[compare (σπέρμα 1.1), 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 20. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]