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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[hammer]], [[beetle]] (γ 434, Hes. Op. 425, Hdt., A., com., Arist.), metaph. [[strip of earth between two furrows]] (Poll. 7, 145), as surface-measure (Daulis IIp), = <b class="b3">τῆς σπορίμου γῆς τὸ μέτρον</b> with <b class="b3">ὁμό-σφυρος</b> = [[ὁμόχωρος]] H.; name of a fish H. (cf. [[σφύραινα]] below).<br />Compounds: Compp., e.g. <b class="b3">σφυρ-ήλατος</b> [[wrought with the hammer]], [[of wrought labour]], [[sound]] (Hdt., Pi., A., Pl. etc.) with <b class="b3">-έω</b> (Ph.).<br />Derivatives: Demin. <b class="b3">σφυρ-ίον</b> n. (hell.), <b class="b3">σφύρ-αινα</b> f. name of a fish, bicuda (Stratt., Arist. etc.), after the form of the body (Strömberg 35); <b class="b3">-ηδόν</b> [[hammer-like]] (Philostr.); <b class="b3">-ωσις</b> f. [[the hammering]], [[forging]] (Didyma IIa), = [[δίάροσις]] H., <b class="b3">-ήματα τὰ σιδήρια</b>, <b class="b3">ὅτι οὐ χεῖται</b> H.<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: As zero grade formation beside <b class="b3">σφαῖρα σφῦρα</b> belongs prob. like [[σφυρόν]] (s. v.) to [[σπαίρω]] a. cogn. [impossible because of the <b class="b3">σφ-</b>]. As in the case of [[σφαῖρα]], [[σπεῖρα]], [[μοῖρα]] a.o. the formal proceß remains unclear; PGr. <b class="b3">*σφύρ-ι̯α</b> beside <b class="b3">σφυρ-όν</b> can be understood both as primary deriv. "the beating, bumping" and as secondary deriv. "beating, bumping apparatus, (hand)hammer, stamper". On an older word for [[stone hammer]] s. [[ἄκμων]]. Cf. also [[τύκος]].