σφαῖρα

See also: σφαίρα

Contents

Ancient GreekEdit

EtymologyEdit

From σπαίρω.

PronunciationEdit

 

• IPA^(key): /spʰái̯.ra/ → /ˈsɸɛ.ra/ → /ˈsfe.ra/

• (5^th BC Attic) IPA^(key): /spʰái̯.ra/
• (1^st BC Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈspʰɛ.ra/
• (4^th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsɸɛ.ra/
• (10^th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsfe.ra/
• (15^th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsfe.ra/

NounEdit

σφαῖρᾰ • (sphaîra) f (genitive σφαίρᾱς); first declension

1. ball, globe

InflectionEdit

First declension of ἡ σφαῖρᾰ; τῆς σφαίρᾱς

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σφαῖρᾰ	τὼ σφαίρᾱ	αἱ σφαῖραι
Genitive	τῆς σφαίρᾱς	τοῖν σφαίραιν	τῶν σφαιρῶν
Dative	τῇ σφαίρᾳ	τοῖν σφαίραιν	ταῖς σφαίραις
Accusative	τὴν σφαῖρᾰν	τὼ σφαίρᾱ	τᾱ̀ς σφαίρᾱς
Vocative	σφαῖρᾰ	σφαίρᾱ	σφαῖραι
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived termsEdit

• σφαιρῐκός (sphairikós)

ReferencesEdit

• σφαῖρα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «σφαῖρα» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «σφαῖρα» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • ball idem, page 60.
  • globe idem, page 362.
  • sphere idem, page 801.