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{{LSJ1
|Full diacritics=σφαιρίον
|Medium diacritics=σφαιρίον
|Low diacritics=σφαιρίον
|Capitals=ΣΦΑΙΡΙΟΝ
|Transliteration A=sphairíon
|Transliteration B=sphairion
|Transliteration C=sfairion
|Beta Code=sfairi/on
|Definition=τό, Dim. of [[σφαῖρα]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ep.</span>312d</span>; oak-<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">gall</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>3.7.4</span>; ivy-<b class="b2">berry</b>, Dsc.2.179; <b class="b2">globular catkin</b> of the <b class="b3">πλάτανος</b>, Id.1.79, <span class="bibl">Cleom.1.10</span> fin.; but, <b class="b2">cylindrical catkin</b> of <b class="b3">λεύκη</b>, Dsc.1.81. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">molecule, atom</b>, Democr. ap.<span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">de An.</span>409a12</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">round ball</b> or <b class="b2">token</b>, entitling the bearer to a present specified upon it, <span class="bibl">D.C.61.18</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b2">the end of the nose</b>, <span class="bibl">Poll.2.80</span>, Heliod. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.45.26.1</span>, <span class="bibl">48.32.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Ruf.<span class="title">Onom.</span>38</span>, <span class="bibl">Sor. <span class="title">Fasc.</span>11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b2">pill</b>, Lycus ap.<span class="bibl">Orib.8.43.1</span>, Archig.ib.<span class="bibl">8.46.16</span>, <span class="title">Gp.</span>7.13.2. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VI</span> <b class="b2">sugar-plum, sweetmeat</b>, POxy.920.9,11 (ii/iii A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VII</span> name of a plaster, <span class="bibl">Aët.15.36</span>, <span class="bibl">Paul.Aeg.7.17</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VIII</span> dub. sens. in <span class="title">Inscr.Délos</span> 1432 <span class="title">Ba</span>i 14 (ii B.C.).</span>
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