1. σπαργάω · spargaō — Chantraine
The corpus record
σπαργ-άω
spargao
seulement au thème de présent (passage à la flexion en -éw dans -γεῦσα participe
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Where it lives
What it meant
2. σπαργάω · spargaō — Frisk
3. σπαργ-άω · sparg-aō — LSJ
to be full to bursting, swell, be ripe, μαστὸς σπαργῶν E. Ba. 701, cf. Cyc. 55 (lyr.); of nursing mothers, swell with milk, Pl. R. 460c (metaph., Id. Smp. 206d); σ. τοὺς μαστοὺς ὑπὸ γάλακτος or γάλακτι, D.H. 1.79, Plu. Fort.Rom. 2.320d.
swell with humours, τὰ ἄνω . . σ. Hp. Epid. 2.6.21, cf. Gal. 19.82.
of plants, Poll. 1.230.
metaph., swell with desire or passion, Pl. Phdr. 256a; πρὸς δόξαν Plu. Suav. 2.1100a, cf. Gen.Socr. 585c; ἐπὶ τὴν βασιλείαν Id. Art. 3: abs., wax wanton, be insolent, σπαργῶσαν . . τὴν ἀρχὴν ὁρῶν Pl. Lg. 692a; ὀλιγαρχία-ῶσα Plu. Lyc. 7; -ῶντι τῷ δήμῳ Id. Comp.Per.Fab. 1.
In the wild
- σπαργῶν · spargōn Euripides, Bacchae 699–701
- σπαργῶσαν · spargōsan Plato, Laws 692
- σπαργῶν · spargōn Plato, Phaedrus 256 (DIORISIS sentence 505)
- σπαργῶσι · spargōsi Plato, Republic 5.460 (DIORISIS sentence 3058)
- σπαργῶντι · spargōnti Plato, Symposium 206 (DIORISIS sentence 702)
Where it came from
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