σπέρμα

From Proto-Indo-European *spérmn̥, which consists of Proto-Indo-European *sper- + Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥. Synchronically analysable as σπείρω (speírō) +‎ -μα (-ma). Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀟𐀔 (pe-ma).

σπέρμα • (spérma) n (genitive σπέρματος); third declension

1. seed
2. semen

• σπερματίζω (spermatízō)

• σπόρος (spóros)

• → Coptic: ⲥⲡⲉⲣⲙⲁ (sperma)
• Greek: σπέρμα (spérma)
• → Latin: sperma
  • Old French: sperme
    • Middle French: sperme
      • → English: sperm
      • French: sperme
  • → German: Sperma

• σπέρμα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 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’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, 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.

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

σπέρμα • (spérma) n (plural σπέρματα)

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

• σπερματοζωάριο n (spermatozoário, “spermatozoon, sperm”)

• σπέρμα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el