σπέρμα

From Proto-Hellenic *spérmə, from Proto-Indo-European *spérmn̥, which consists of Proto-Indo-European *sper- + *-mn̥. By surface analysis, σπείρω (speírō) +‎ -μα (-ma). Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀟𐀔 (pe-ma).

σπέρμᾰ • (spérmă) n (genitive σπέρμᾰτος); third declension

1. (botany) seed
2. semen, sperm

   Synonyms: θορός (thorós), σπόρος (spóros)

3. seed-time, sowing
4. (figuratively) germ, origin of anything
5. race, origin, descent
6. (poetic) seed, offspring
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Genesis 46.6

• Greek: σπέρμα (spérma)
• Mariupol Greek: спе́рма (spjérma)
• → Coptic: ⲥⲡⲉⲣⲙⲁ (sperma)
• → Latin: sperma (see there for further descendants)

• “σπέρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σπέρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “σπέρμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• σπέρμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• σπέρμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• G4690 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • brood idem, page 101.
  • child idem, page 129.
  • crew idem, page 184.
  • descendant idem, page 214.
  • descent idem, page 214.
  • element idem, page 265.
  • family idem, page 305.
  • germ idem, page 357.
  • grain idem, page 369.
  • line idem, page 492.
  • lineage idem, page 493.
  • offspring idem, page 571.
  • pack idem, page 588.
  • parentage idem, page 592.
  • progeny idem, page 653.
  • race idem, page 667.
  • root idem, page 721.
  • seed idem, page 749.
  • son idem, page 793.
  • spawn idem, page 798.
  • stem idem, page 815.
  • stock idem, page 818.
  • tribe idem, page 894.
• Thompson, Rupert (12 March 2010), “Mycenaean Greek”, in Bakker, Egbert J., editor, A Companion to the Ancient Greek Language‎^[2], Blackwell Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, page 191

Inherited from Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed, semen”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈspeɾ.ma/
• Hyphenation: σπέρ‧μα

σπέρμα • (spérma) n (plural σπέρματα)

1. (biology, botany) seed, the seed of plants.
2. (biology, medicine) human or animal seed, semen, sperm
3. (figuratively) the origin, the source, the germ, a primeval element
4. (figuratively) offspring, descendants, race, issue.

• σπέρμα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• σπέρμα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language