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          "definition": "<i>ball,</i> σφαίρῃ παίζειν play <i>at ball,</i> Od. 6.100; σφαῖραν ἔρριψε ib. 115; σ. καλὴν μετὰ χερσὶν ἕλοντο 8.372; σφαίρῃ ἀνʼ ἰθὺν πειρήσαντο ib. 377; ὥσπερ σφαῖραν ἐκδεξάμενος τὸν λόγον Pl. Euthd. 277b; ῥαπτὴ σ. AP 12.44 ( Glauc.), cf. Nicom.Com. 1.25, Antiph. 234; διὰ σφαίρας . . ἐκπονῆσαι τὸ σῶμα Gal. 6.134, cf. Sor. 1.49, 93; ἡ διὰ τῆς σ. ὄρχησις Ath. 1.14d: metaph., σφαῖραν ἐποίησε τὴν οὐσίαν (cf. συστρογγύλλω) Alex. 246.3: prov., σ. κατὰ πρανοῦς, of accelerating motion, Eust. 249.1.",
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                "quote": "σ. καλὴν μετὰ χερσὶν ἕλοντο",
                "ref": "8.372",
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                "quote": "ὥσπερ σφαῖραν ἐκδεξάμενος τὸν λόγον",
                "ref": "Pl. Euthd. 277b",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "διὰ σφαίρας . . ἐκπονῆσαι τὸ σῶμα",
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                "quote": "ἡ διὰ τῆς σ. ὄρχησις",
                "ref": "Ath. 1.14d",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>any globe,</i> Parm. 8.43; <i>sphere,</i> as a geom. figure, Ti.Locr. 95d, etc.; esp. <i>the terrestrial globe, earth,</i> Str. 2.3.1; <i>an artificial globe,</i> Hermesian. 7.88, Str. 12.3.11.",
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>hollow sphere</i> or <i>globe</i>: in the Ancient Physics, from the time of Anaximander (cf. Placit. 2.16.5), of the <i>spheres</i> believed to revolve round the earth carrying the heavenly bodies, and according to the Pythagoreans arranged after the intervals of the musical scale (cf. Alex.Eph. ap. Theon.Sm. p.139 H., Cic. de Rep. 6.18), Arist. Metaph. 1073b18, Cael. 286b24, Mete. 341b20, 354b24, Thphr. Ign. 4; σ. ἀπλανής, = ἡ τῶν ἀπλανῶν σ. the <i>sphere</i> of the fixed stars, Procl. Hyp. 5.1; so ἡ ἀπλανής, without σ., ib. 7.25; αἱ πλανώμεναι σ. planetary <i>spheres,</i> Plu. An.procr. 2.1028a; Astrol., ἡ ὀρθὴ σ. right <i>sphere,</i> i.e. the celestial sphere as viewed from the equator, Rhetorius in Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(1).231.",
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                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>a weapon of boxers,</i> prob. <i>iron ball,</i> worn with padded covers ( ἐπίσφαιρα) instead of boxing-gloves ( ἱμάντες) in the σφαιρομαχίαι, Pl. Lg. 830b, cf. Plu. Profect. 2.80b.",
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                  "label": "5",
                  "definition": "αἱ σ. τῶν ὀμμάτων eye- <i>balls,</i> Arist. Pr. 958a7.",
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                  "label": "6",
                  "definition": "σ. θαλάττιαι sea- <i>balls,</i> Id. HA 616a20, Crito ap. Gal. 12.437.",
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                },
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                  "label": "7",
                  "definition": "<i>pill,</i> Archig. ap. Orib. 8.2.18.",
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                  "label": "8",
                  "definition": "πλατάνου σφαῖραι, i.e. globular catkins, Dsc. 4.73.",
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                  "label": "9",
                  "definition": "ἐπίβαλε . . φύκους στυπτηρίου ὡς σφαῖραν PHolm. 16.32.",
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                        "quote": "ἐπίβαλε . . φύκους στυπτηρίου ὡς σφαῖραν",
                        "ref": "PHolm. 16.32",
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