A).the five stones : πεντελίθοις παίζειν, a game played by women, in which five pebbles, potsherds, dice, etc., were tossed from the back of the hand and caught in the palm, jackstones, Ar.Fr. 366 .
{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">πεντέ-λῐθα</span>, <span class="gen greek">τά</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the five stones</span> : <span class="foreign greek">πεντελίθοις παίζειν</span>, a game played by women, in which <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">five pebbles, potsherds, dice</span>, etc., were tossed from the back of the hand and caught in the palm, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">jackstones</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:366" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:366/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 366 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}