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σφαίρισις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: σφαίρισις σφαίρισεως

Structure: σφαιρισι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: sfairi/zw

Sense

  1. a playing at ball

Declension

Third 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

  • ἐπεὶ δὲ τὸ νικᾶν ἡδύ, ἀνάγκη καὶ τὰσ παιδιὰσ ἡδείασ εἶναι τὰσ μαχητικὰσ καὶ τὰσ ἐριστικάσ πολλάκισ γὰρ ἐν ταύταισγίγνεται τὸ νικᾶν, καὶ ἀστραγαλίσεισ καὶ σφαιρίσεισ καὶ κυβείασ καὶ πεττείασ. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 11 15:1)

Synonyms

  1. a playing at ball

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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