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σφέκλον
σφέλας
σφελίσκον
σφέλμα
σφενδάμνινος
σφένδαμνος
σφενδικίζω
σφενδοναίαν
σφενδονάω
σφενδονέω
σφενδόνη
σφενδονηδόν
σφενδόνησις
σφενδονήτης
σφενδονητικός
σφενδονίζω
σφενδονιστής
σφενδονοειδής
σφεός
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σφενδόνη
σφενδόν-η, ἡ,
A). sling, Il. 13.600 (where it is used as a bandage), Archil. 3 , E. Ph. 1142 , Ar. Av. 1185 , Th. 4.32 ; σφενδόνῃ οὐκ ἂν ἐφικοίμην αὐτόσ’ could not reach it with a sling, Antiph. 55.19 .
2). a sling as part of a crane used in unloading ships, SIG 241 A 46 (Delph., iv B.C.): so perh. metaph., σφενδόνας ἀπ’ εὐμέτρου A. Ag. 1010 (lyr.).
II). anything of like shape:
1). sling for a disabled arm, Hp. Art. 16 (cf. Il. l.c.); suspensory abdominal bandage, Hp. Mul. 2.144 , Sor. Fasc. 48 .
2). headband worn by women, broad in front, Poll. 5.96 , Eust.ad D.P. 7 .
3). hoop of a ring in which the stone was set as in a sling, esp. the outer or broader part round the stone, collet, E. Hipp. 862 , Pl. R. 359e , Arist. Ph. 207a3 .
4). white of the eye, Poll. 2.70 .
III). stone or bullet of the sling, X. An. 3.4.4 , 5.2.14 , etc.; τοιαύταις ς., of hailstones, Ar. Nu. 1125 (troch.).


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a sling

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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">σφενδόν-η</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sling</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:600" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.600/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 13.600 </a> (where it is used as a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bandage</span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0232.tlg001:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0232.tlg001:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Archil.</span> 3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:1142" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:1142/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 1142 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1185" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1185/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 1185 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.32 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">σφενδόνῃ οὐκ ἂν ἐφικοίμην αὐτόσ’</span> could not reach it <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">with a sling</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:55:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:55.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiph.</span> 55.19 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sling</span> as part of a crane used in unloading ships, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 241 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">A</span> 46 </span> (Delph., iv B.C.): so perh. metaph., <span class="quote greek">σφενδόνας ἀπ’ εὐμέτρου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1010" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1010/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 1010 </a> (lyr.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">anything of like shape</span>: </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sling for a disabled arm</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg010.perseus-grc1:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg010.perseus-grc1:16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Art.</span> 16 </a> (cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> </span> l.c.); <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">suspensory abdominal bandage</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg036:2:144" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg036:2.144/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mul.</span> 2.144 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg003:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg003:48/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sor.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fasc.</span> 48 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">headband</span> worn by women, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">broad in front</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:5:96" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:5.96/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Poll.</span> 5.96 </a>, Eust.ad <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0084.tlg001:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0084.tlg001:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.P.</span> 7 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hoop</span> of a ring <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in which the stone was set</span> as in a sling, esp. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the outer</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">broader part round the stone, collet</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:862" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:862/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 862 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:359e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:359e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 359e </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg031:207a:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg031:207a.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 207a3 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">white of the eye</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:2:70" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:2.70/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Poll.</span> 2.70 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">stone</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bullet of the sling</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:3:4:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:3:4:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 3.4.4 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:5:2:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:5:2:14/canonical-url/"> 5.2.14 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">τοιαύταις ς</span>., of hailstones, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1125" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1125/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 1125 </a> (troch.).</div> </div><br><br>'}