Your horses are ready, 'sire'. [='my lord']
The horse 'sired' several champion racers.
He 'sired' [='fathered'] six children.
(..) The wall is solid. It'll do the job of funneling the Persians into the Hot Gates. Have the men found any route through the hills to our back? None, sire. There is such a route, good king. Just pass that western ridge. It's an old goat path. The Persians could use it to outflank us. (..)2006 300
(..) ...what should a free man do? - Is this all of them? - As you ordered. Three hundred. All with born sons to carry on their name. We are with you, sire. For Sparta. For freedom. To the death. He is your son. He is too young to have felt a woman's warmth. (..)2006 300