sphaeristerium

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νὺξ μὲν ἐμὸν κατέχει ζωῆς φάος ὑπνοδοτείρη → sleep-giving night hath quenched my light of life | sleep-giving night covers my light of life | night, the giver of sleep, holds the light of my life

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sphaeristērĭum: ii, n., = σφαιριστήριον>.
I Lit., a place for playing ball, a ball-court, tennis-court, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 12; 5, 6, 27; Suet. Vesp. 20; Inscr. Orell. 57.—
II Transf., a game at ball, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 30; Sid. Ep. 2, 2 med.>