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σφαῖρα

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σφαῖρα σφαίρας

Structure: σφαιρ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Sense

  1. ball, globe

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • "ὡσ,δὲ γεωμέτραι παισὶν οὔπω δυναμένοισ ἐφ’ ἑαυτῶν τὰ νοητὰ μυηθῆναι τῆσ ἀσωμάτου καὶ ἀπαθοῦσ οὐσίασ εἴδη πλάττοντεσ ἁπτὰ καὶ ὁρατὰ μιμήματα σφαιρῶν, ,καὶκύβων καὶ δωδεκαέδρων προτείνουσιν· (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 19 3:18)
  • τὸν δὴ τοιαύτην φύσιν ἔχοντα καὶ δύναμιν τηλικαύτην θεὸν ὄργανον χρόνου γεγονέναι καὶ μέτρον ἐναργὲσ τῆσ πρὸσ ἀλλήλασ βραδυτῆτι καὶ τάχει τῶν ὀκτὼ σφαιρῶν διαφορᾶσ οὐ πάνυ δοκεῖ πρεπῶδεσ οὐδ’ ἄλλωσ εὔλογον εἶναι. (Plutarch, Platonicae quaestiones, chapter 8, section 4 3:1)
  • ριστὸν ἐπιβεβηκότα τῇ σφαίρᾳ τοῦ παντόσ, ἣτισ ἐστὶν αἰθέριον σῶμα, τὸ πέμπτον ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ καλούμενον διῃρημένου δὲ τούτου κατὰ σφαίρασ, τῇ μὲν φύσει συναφεῖσ τῷ λόγῳ δὲ κεχωρισμένασ, ἑκάστην οἰέται τῶν σφαιρῶν ζῷον εἶναι σύνθετον ἐκ σώματοσ καὶ ψυχῆσ, ὧν τὸ μὲν σῶμά ἐστιν αἰθέριον κινούμενον κυκλοφορικῶσ, ἡ ψυχὴ δὲ λόγοσ ἀκίνητοσ αἴτιοσ τῆσ κινήσεωσ κατ’ ἐνέργειαν. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 1, 24:1)
  • Ἀναξίμανδροσ ὑπὸ τῶν κύκλων καὶ τῶν σφαιρῶν, ἐφ’ ὧν ἕκαστοσ βέβηκε, φέρεσθαι. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 2, chapter 16 3:1)
  • τὸ μὲν οὖν πλῆθοσ τῶν σφαιρῶν ἔστω τοσοῦτον, ὥστε καὶ τὰσ οὐσίασ καὶ τὰσ ἀρχὰσ τὰσ ἀκινήτουσ καὶ τὰσ αἰσθητὰσ τοσαύτασ εὔλογον ὑπολαβεῖν τὸ γὰρ ἀναγκαῖον ἀφείσθω τοῖσ ἰσχυροτέροισ λέγειν· (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 12 107:1)

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