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σπαρτός

σπαρτός, sown; pr.n. the Sown, sprung from dragon’s teeth sown by Kadmos

σπαρτός, ή, όν, also ός, όν E. Supp. 578: (σπείρω):—
  • sown, grown from seed, cultivated, Thphr. HP 6.8.2, Dsc. 3.37, etc.
      • 2 of men, οἱ . . σπαρτοί τε καὶ αὐτόχθονες Pl. Sph. 247c; σπαρτῶν γένος children of men, A. Eu. 410.
        • b esp. at Thebes, Σπαρτοί, οἱ, the Sown-men, those who sprang from the dragonʼs teeth sown by Cadmus, and their descendants, Pi. I. 1.30, 7(6).10; Σπαρτῶν στάχυς E. HF 5; Ἐχίων σπαρτός IG 14.1285 ii 9, 1292 i 3, cf. E. Ba. 1274; λόγχη σπαρτός the Theban spear, Id. Supp. 578.
    • II scattered, of the limbs of a corpse, AP 7.383 (Phil.).

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