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ἁδρόσφαιρος

From LSJ

Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque
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Full diacritics: ἁδρόσφαιρος Medium diacritics: ἁδρόσφαιρος Low diacritics: αδρόσφαιρος Capitals: ΑΔΡΟΣΦΑΙΡΟΣ
Transliteration A: hadrósphairos Transliteration B: hadrosphairos Transliteration C: adrosfairos Beta Code: a(dro/sfairos

English (LSJ)

ἁδρόσφαιρον, in large balls, μαλάβαθρον Peripl.M.Rubr.65.

Spanish (DGE)

-ον
del que se hacen gruesas bolas del μαλάβατρον Peripl.M.Rubri 65, de las hojas del narciso, Plin.HN 12.44.

German (Pape)

[Seite 37] in starken Kugeln, Sp.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἁδρόσφαιρος: -ον, ὁ ἔχων μεγάλας σφαίρας ἢ ἐσχηματισμένος εἰς μεγάλας σφαίρας, ἐπὶ τοῦ μαλαβάθρου (ὃ ἴδε), Περίπλ. Ἀρρ. Ἐρυθρ. θαλάσσης σ. 38.