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σπερμαίνω

σπερμαίνω, to sow with seed: to beget

σπερμ-αίνω,
  • sow with seed, fertilize, of the Nile, Plu. Isid. 2.366a; of the male, Horap. 2.115: c. acc. cogn., σ. σπέρμα Aq., Thd. Ge. 1.29.
      • 2 metaph., procreate, σ. γενεήν Hes. Op. 736, cf. Call. Fr. 207: abs., Arist. Pr. 876b39:—Med., Nonn. D. 3.295.

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