σπόρος, ὁ,
(σπείρω) sowing, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.109, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 7.20, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 16.94, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετὰ τὸν σ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 42d: _metaphorically_, ὁ γαμήλιος σ. καὶ ἄροτος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.144b: _plural_, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 7.5.5. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 seed-time, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 17.4; ἀπὸ σπόρω 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 10.14. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II seed, λίνου σ. [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.65; σ. ἐν νειοῖσιν βάλλοντες 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.25, compare 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.413, NT.Mark.4.26, etc. ] NT+5th c.BC+]
__II.2 harvest, crop, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.53, “PGrenf.” 2.36.16 (1st c.BC), etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ πρώϊμος σ. [[ “OGI” 56.68 (Canopus, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; γᾶς σ. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 706 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 offspring, [[ 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 221,750. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.4 semen genitale, variant for{γονή} in [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 2.54. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]