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σφαίρισις?

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration: sphairisis

Principal Part: σφαίρισις σφαίρισεως

Structure: σφαιρισι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: σφαιρίζω

Sense

  1. a playing at ball

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative σφαίρισις σφαιρίσει σφαιρίσεις
Genitive σφαιρίσεως σφαιρίσοιν σφαιρίσεων
Dative σφαιρίσει σφαιρίσοιν σφαιρίσεσι(ν)
Accusative σφαίρισιν σφαιρίσει σφαιρίσεις
Vocative σφαίρισι σφαιρίσει σφαιρίσεις

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

Similar forms

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

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