σφαῖρα

See also: σφαίρα

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Ancient GreekEdit

EtymologyEdit

Of unknown origin.

PronunciationEdit

 

• IPA: /spʰá͜i.ra/ → /ˈsɸɛ.ra/ → /ˈsfe.ra/

• 5th BC Attic: IPA: /spʰá͜i.ra/ ambiguous vowel α at 6
• 1st BC Egyptian: IPA: /ˈspʰɛ.ra/
• 4th AD Koine: IPA: /ˈsɸɛ.ra/
• 10th AD Byzantine: IPA: /ˈsfe.ra/
• 15th AD Constantinopolitan: IPA: /ˈsfe.ra/

NounEdit

σφαῖρα • ‎(sphaîra) f ‎(genitive σφαίρας); first declension

1. ball, globe

InflectionEdit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived termsEdit

• σφαιρικός ‎(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.