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Headword: *spermai/nein
Adler number: sigma,921
Translated headword: to fertilize, to sow with seed
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] to engender.
Greek Original:
*spermai/nein: genna=n.
Notes:
The headword infinitive is quoted, seemingly, from Hesiod, Works and Days 736, as suggested by Etymologicum Magnum 723.16; cf. Hesychius s.v. qo/rnusqai (theta648).
The infinitive is also attested in later medical and philosophical texts.
Keywords: agriculture; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; gender and sexuality; medicine; poetry
Translated by: David Whitehead on 27 September 2010@07:48:52.
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Catharine Roth (expanded note, added keyword, set status) on 29 September 2010@02:15:42.
Catharine Roth (my typo) on 29 September 2010@02:24:52.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 29 September 2010@03:05:19.
David Whitehead (tweaks) on 10 May 2011@06:32:03.
David Whitehead on 19 August 2011@06:26:50.
David Whitehead on 31 December 2013@06:16:23.
Catharine Roth (added a reference) on 25 March 2022@00:48:46.
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