σφαιριστήριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σφαιρόω (sphairóō, “to be rounded”) +‎ -τήριον (-tḗrion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spʰai̯.ris.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/ → /sɸɛ.risˈti.ri.on/ → /sfe.risˈti.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spʰai̯.ris.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /spʰɛ.risˈte̝.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sɸɛ.risˈti.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sfe.risˈti.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sfe.risˈti.ri.on/

Noun

σφαιρῐστήρῐον • (sphairistḗrion) n (genitive σφαιρῐστηρῐ́ου); second declension

1. (architecture) sphaeristerium, ballcourt

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σφαιρῐστήρῐον; τοῦ σφαιρῐστηρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σφαιρῐστήρῐον tò sphairistḗrion	τὼ σφαιρῐστηρῐ́ω tṑ sphairistēríō	τᾰ̀ σφαιρῐστήρῐᾰ tà sphairistḗria
Genitive	τοῦ σφαιρῐστηρῐ́ου toû sphairistēríou	τοῖν σφαιρῐστηρῐ́οιν toîn sphairistēríoin	τῶν σφαιρῐστηρῐ́ων tôn sphairistēríōn
Dative	τῷ σφαιρῐστηρῐ́ῳ tôi sphairistēríōi	τοῖν σφαιρῐστηρῐ́οιν toîn sphairistēríoin	τοῖς σφαιρῐστηρῐ́οις toîs sphairistēríois
Accusative	τὸ σφαιρῐστήρῐον tò sphairistḗrion	τὼ σφαιρῐστηρῐ́ω tṑ sphairistēríō	τᾰ̀ σφαιρῐστήρῐᾰ tà sphairistḗria
Vocative	σφαιρῐστήρῐον sphairistḗrion	σφαιρῐστηρῐ́ω sphairistēríō	σφαιρῐστήρῐᾰ sphairistḗria
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: sphaeristērium
  • → English: sphaeristerium
  • → Italian: sferisterio

Further reading

• “σφαιριστήριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σφαιριστήριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette