σφαιρεύς

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καὶ ἥ γε ἀνία τὸ ἐμποδίζον τοῦ ἰέναιsorrow is that which hinders motion

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Transliteration A: sphaireús Transliteration B: sphaireus Transliteration C: sfaireys Beta Code: sfaireu/s

English (LSJ)

έως, ὁ, a Spartan youth, between ἐφηβεία and manhood, Paus.3.14.6, IG5(1).566, 674, al.; prob. from his then beginning to use the boxing-gloves (

   A σφαῖρα 4).

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

σφαιρεύς: έως, ὁ, ἐν Σπάρτῃ οἱ νέοι οἱ ἐκ τῆς ἐφηβικῆς ἡλικίας μεταβαίνοντες εἰς τὴν τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἐκαλοῦντο σφαιρεῖς, «σφαιρεῖς· οἱ δέ εἰσιν οἱ ἐκ τῶν ἐφήβων ἐς ἄνδρας ἀρχόμενοι συντελεῖν» Παυσ. 3. 14, 6, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 1386, 1432· -πιθανῶς ἐκ τοῦ ὅτι τότε κατὰ πρῶτον ἐποιοῦντο χρῆσιν τῶν πυκτευτικῶν σφαιρῶν (σφαῖρα Ι. 4), ἢ τότε κατὰ πρῶτον ἐλάμβανον μέρος εἰς παιδιάν τινα σφαίρας, πρβλ. Müller Dor 4. 5, § 2.