σφαῖρα
See also: σφαίρα
Ancient GreekEdit
EtymologyEdit
From σπαίρω (spaírō).
PronunciationEdit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spʰâi̯.ra/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈspʰɛ.ra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsɸɛ.ra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsfe.ra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsfe.ra/
NounEdit
σφαῖρᾰ • (sphaîra) f (genitive σφαίρᾱς); first declension
InflectionEdit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ σφαῖρᾰ hē sphaîra |
τὼ σφαίρᾱ tṑ sphaírā |
αἱ σφαῖραι hai sphaîrai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς σφαίρᾱς tês sphaírās |
τοῖν σφαίραιν toîn sphaírain |
τῶν σφαιρῶν tôn sphairôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ σφαίρᾳ têi sphaírāi |
σφαίραιν sphaírain |
ταῖς σφαίραις taîs sphaírais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν σφαῖρᾰν tḕn sphaîran |
σφαίρᾱ sphaírā |
τᾱ̀ς σφαίρᾱς tā̀s sphaírās | ||||||||||
Vocative | σφαῖρᾰ sphaîra |
σφαίρᾱ sphaírā |
σφαῖραι sphaîrai | ||||||||||
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Derived termsEdit
- ἡμισφαίριον (hēmisphaírion)
- σφαιρῐκός (sphairikós)
DescendantsEdit
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.