φυτόσπορος

ον, οἱ
A. planting: generative, ἀλκή Orph. Fr. 274: metaph., begetting, ὁ φ. father, S. Tr. 359; φυτοσπόροι,οἱ, ancestors, hence metaph., predecessors, Vett.Val. 239.10: c. gen., γένους φ. Ar.Byz.Arg.S. OT
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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