σπείρω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sper-. Compare with Latin spernō, spurius, parcus, spargō, spurcus; English spurn, spread, spare.

Verb

σπείρω • (speírō)

1. I sow

Derived terms

• σπέρμα (spérma)
• σπορά (sporá)
• σπόρος (spóros)

References

• “σπείρω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σπείρω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G4687 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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Greek

Verb

σπείρω • (speíro)

1. 1st person singular dependent form of σπέρνω (spérno).