σφαιρίον
τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην δὲ σκάφην ὀνομάζειν → call a spade a spade | speak the truth | speak straight from the shoulder | give it straight from the shoulder | give the straight goods | not to mince matters | not to mince words | not mince words | call things by their right names | call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel | call a shovel a shovel | call a spade a spade, not a big spoon
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.).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
σφαιρίον: τό, ὡς τὸ σφαιρίδιον, ὑποκορ. τοῦ σφαῖρα, Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Ἱστ. 3. 7, 4, Πλάτ. Ἐπιστ. 312D· σφαῖρα ἄνθους, κόρυμβος, Διοσκ. 2. 213. ΙΙ. μόριον, ἄτομον, Δημόκρ. ἐν Ἀριστ. περὶ Ψυχῆς 1. 4, 19. ΙΙΙ. στρογγύλον τι σημεῖον δυνάμει τοῦ ὁποίου ὁ φέρων ἐλάμβανε δῶρόν τι ὁριζόμενον δι’ αὐτοῦ, Δίων Κ. 61. 18. IV. τὸ ἄκρον τῆς ῥινός, «τὸ δὲ ἀκρορρίνιον ὅλον σφαιρίον» Πολυδ. Β΄, 80, Ὀρειβάσ. ἔκδ. Mai σ. 59, 60, 100, 101.
