σπερμαίνω

A. sow with seed, fertilize, of the Nile, Plu. 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.