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ὑποσπείρω

upospeiro

sow, implant

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What it meant

ὑποσπείρω · hypospeirō — LSJ

sow, implant, introduce, interweave, to have plants sown in the midst, to be overspread

sow, implant, πραπίδεσσι πόθον Melanipp. 7; οὔασι μειλιχίην APl. 16.33 (Leont.), cf. Ph. 2.13, Plu. Lys. 5; introduce, interweave, λόγους Πλάτωνος Id. Dio 11; οὐρανομήκεις ἐλπίδας ὑ. Eun. Hist. p.251 D.:—Pass., to have plants sown in the midst, φοινικὼν -όμενος CPR 45.7 (iii A. D.), cf. Sammelb. 5670.7 (ii A. D.); to be overspread, ῥίζαις ὑπεσπαρμένον λεπταῖς Dsc. 1.3: metaph., πνεύματα ὑπέσπαρται ἐν τῷ σώματι Cass. Pr. 43.

Where it came from

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