σπαρτός

ή, όν, ός, όν, οἱ

σπείρω

A. 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 dragon's 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.).
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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