2. proverb., povnton speivrein , of lost labour, Theogn.
spei`sai
spei`sai , aor. I inf. of spevndw :— speivsaske , Ep. 3 sing.
spekoulavtwr
spekoulavtwr , oro", oJ , Latin speculator, one of the body-guard, N.T.
spevndw, SPE vNDW, spevndw
SPE vNDW , Ep. subj. 2 spevndh/sqa : Ion. impf. spevndeskon : f. speivsw : aor. I e[speisa , Ep. spei`sa , Ion. 3 sing. speivsaske : pf. e[speika :— Med. , aor. I ejspeisavmhn , Ep. 1 pl. subj. speivsomen , for -wmen :— Pass. , aor. I ejspeivsqhn : pf. e[speismai (used both in med. and pass. sense):— to pour or make a drink-offering before drinking, Lat. libare , Hom .:— sp. oi\non to pour wine, Hom. ; loibav" Soph. ; spondav", coav" Eur .; ellipt., sp. ajgaqou` daivmono" ( sc. spondhvn ) to pour a libation in honour of the good genius, Ar. :—rarely c. dat. rei, u{dati sp . to make a drink-offering with water, Od.:—in N.T. the Pass. is used metaph. of a person, spevndomai ejpi; th`/ qusiva/ I am offered (as a drink-offering) over the sacrifice.
2.
without any religious sense,
to pour,
Hdt
.,
Xen.
,
etc.
II.
Med.
to pour libations one with another,
and, as this was the custom in making treaties,
to make a treaty, make peace,
Hdt
.,
Ar.
,
etc.
;
spevndesqaiv tini
to make peace with
one,
Eur.
,
etc.
; so,
sp. prov" tina
Thuc
.,
etc.
:—
spevndesqai th`/ presbeiva/
to give
it
pledges
of safe conduct,
Aeschin.
:
c. acc.
,
eijrhvnhn speisavmenoi Lakedaimonivoisi
having concluded
a
peace
with them,
Hdt.
;
ejspei`sqai nei`ko"
to make up
a quarrel,
Eur.
;
sp. ajnaivresin toi`" nekroi`"
to make a truce
for taking up the dead,
Thuc.
:—
Pass.
, of a treaty,
to be concluded,
Id.
spevo", SPE vOS
SPE vOS , Ep. spei`o" , tov , a cave, cavern, grotto, Hom .: of the form spevo" , Hom. uses only nom. and acc. sing ., with Ep. dat. sph`i ; of the form spei`o" , acc. sing ., gen. speivou" , dat. pl. spevssi and sphvessi ; gen. pl. speivwn h. Hom.
spevrma
spevrma , ato", tov , ( speivrw ) that which is sown:
I.
the seed
of plants,
Hes.
,
Hdt.
,
Att.
:—also of animals,
Pind.
,
Eur.
2.
metaph.
of
the germ, origin, element
of anything,
sp. purov"
Od.;
flogov"
Pind
.;
kakw`n
Dem.
II.
seed, offspring, issue,
Trag
.,
etc.
2.
race, origin, descent,
Ib.
spermaivnw
spermaivnw , f. a±nw` , to sow with seed: to beget, Hes.
spermologiva
spermologiva , hJ , babbling, gossip, Plut. From spermolovgo"
spermolovgo"
spermo-lovgo" , on , ( levgw ) picking up seeds, of granivorous birds, Plut.
II. metaph. one who picks up scraps of knowledge, a babbler, Dem ., N.T.
spermofovro"