ἀπόρραξις
From LSJ
Ἡ δ' ἐμὴ ψυχὴ πάλαι τέθνηκεν, ὥστε τοῖς θανοῦσιν ὠφελεῖν → My soul died long ago so that I could give some help to the dead
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, a
A game of ball, Poll.9.103,105, Eust.1601.33.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀπόρραξις: -εως, ἡ, παιδιὰ διὰ σφαίρας, συνήθης καὶ σήμερον· ὁ παίζων ῥίπτει μεθ’ ὁρμῆς τὴν σφαῖραν εἰς τὸ ἔδαφος, καὶ ἀναπηδῶσαν ἀποκρούει αὐτὴν ὀπίσω πολλάκις, «ἐδει τὴν σφαῖραν εὐτόνως πρὸς τὸ ἔδαφος ῥήξαντα, ὑποδεξάμενον τὸ πήδημα τῆς σφαίρας, τῇ χειρὶ πάλιν ἀντιπέμψαι, καὶ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν πηδημάτων ἠριθμεῖτο» Πολυδ. Θ΄, 103, 105, Εὐστ. 1601. 53.
