σφαιριστήριον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σφαιρόω (sphairóō, “to be rounded”) + -τήριον (-tḗrion).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spʰai̯.ris.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /spʰɛ.risˈte̝.ri.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sɸɛ.risˈti.ri.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sfe.risˈti.ri.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sfe.risˈti.ri.on/
Noun
σφαιρῐστήρῐον • (sphairistḗrion) n (genitive σφαιρῐστηρῐ́ου); second declension
Inflection
| 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 | ||||||||||
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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
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