σπορ-ά, ἡ,
(σπείρω) sowing of seed, σπερμάτων [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Amatores” 134e: hence _metaphorically_, μαθημάτων εἰς ψυχήν [prev. passage] ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__b of children, σπορᾶς γε μὴν ἐκ τῆσδε from this origin, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 871 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τοιοῦτος ὢν τοιῷδ᾽ ὀνειδίζεις σπορά; his origin, birth.. ? [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1298 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; procreation, παίδων, γένους, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 729c, 783a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν Ῥωμύλου σ. begetting, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.320b, compare 2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 103, 105. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 seed-time, sowing-time, ἀπὸ τῆς σ. [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 8.2.6 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; δεκέτεσιν σποραῖσιν in the tenth seed-time, i.e. year, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1152 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II seed, [[ NT.1Pet.1.23, “PLeid.W.” 11.50] NT]; field sown, ξηρὰ σ. dry land, uncertain reading in [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 637 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. δράκοντος ground sown with the dragon's teeth, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1125 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.b of persons, seed, offspring, [[ [prev. author] “Tr.” 316, 420; γυναῖκα καὶ τέκνων.. σποράν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 598 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: plural, young ones, uncertain in [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 56: generally, θῆλυς σ] Refs 5th c.BC+]. the female race, [[ [prev. author] “Hec.” 659 ] Refs]; θήλεια σ. [[ [prev. author] “Tr.” 503. ] Refs]