σφαιρίον
καλῶς γέ μου τὸν υἱὸν ὦ Στιλβωνίδη εὑρὼν ἀπιόντ' ἀπὸ γυμνασίου λελουμένον οὐκ ἔκυσας, οὐ προσεῖπας, οὐ προσηγάγου, οὐκ ὠρχιπέδισας, ὢν ἐμοὶ πατρικὸς φίλος → Ah! Is this well done, Stilbonides? You met my son coming from the bath after the gymnasium and you neither spoke to him, nor kissed him, nor took him with you, nor ever once felt his balls. Would anyone call you an old friend of mine?
English (LSJ)
τό, Dim. of σφαῖρα, Pl.Ep.312d; oak-
A gall, Thphr.HP3.7.4; ivy-berry, Dsc.2.179; globular catkin of the πλάτανος, Id.1.79, Cleom.1.10 fin.; but, cylindrical catkin of λεύκη, Dsc.1.81. II molecule, atom, Democr. ap.Arist.de An.409a12. III round ball or token, entitling the bearer to a present specified upon it, D.C.61.18. IV the end of the nose, Poll.2.80, Heliod. ap. Orib.45.26.1, 48.32.3, Ruf.Onom.38, Sor. Fasc.11. V pill, Lycus ap.Orib.8.43.1, Archig.ib.8.46.16, Gp.7.13.2. VI sugar-plum, sweetmeat, POxy.920.9,11 (ii/iii A.D.). VII name of a plaster, Aët.15.36, Paul.Aeg.7.17. VIII dub. sens. in Inscr.Délos 1432 Bai 14 (ii B.C.).
