sfairikos
σφαιρικόςσφαιρ-ικός, ή, όν, globular, spherical, Placit.1.14.2, al., Cleom.1.1, al., Arist.PA680b14 (v.l.), Ptol.Geog.1.20.2. Adv. -κῶς like a globe, spherically, Arist.Mu.393a1, Plu.2.404f. ς. ἀριθμός, = ἀποκαταστατικὸς (q.v.) ἀριθμός, Nicom.Ar.2.17, Theol.Ar.48, cf. σφαιροειδής 1.2. of a sphere, ἐπιφάνεια Euc.Opt.23 (recens.Theonis); προϋφέστηκεν ἡ γεωμετρία τῆς σφαιρικῆς (sc. ἐπιστήμης) Procl. in Euc.p.37 F.: Dor. fem. σφαιρικά, ἁ, Archyt.1. concerning the celestial spheres, σφαιρικὰ . . [τέχνα] Ἀράτου IG12(5).891.4 (Tenos); ὁ ς. λόγος the doctrine of the spheres, D.S.4.27; so τὰ ς. AP11.318 (Phld.), Porph. ap. Eus.PE3.7, Jul.Or.4.148b; ἡ τῶν Θεοδοσίου σφαιρικῶν ἀστρονομία, a work cited by Olymp. in Phlb. p.280 S.; called τὰ Θεοδοσίου ς. by Sch.Autol.p.4 H., and still extant with the latter title (ed. J. L. Heiberg, Abh. d. Gesellsch. d. Wiss.zu Göttingen, Phil.-Hist.Kl., N.F. xix 3, Berlin 1927). ἡ -κή (sc. τέχνη), = ἡ σφαιριστική, Ath.1.14e, 15c. -κόν, τό, name of an eye-salve, Gal.12.784.

sfairion
σφαιρίονσφαιρ-ίον, τό, Dim. of σφαῖρα, Pl.Ep.312d; oak-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. molecule, atom, Democr. ap.Arist.de An.409a12. round ball or token, entitling the bearer to a present specified upon it, D.C.61.18. the end of the nose, Poll.2.80, Heliod. ap. Orib.45.26.1, 48.32.3, Ruf.Onom.38, Sor. Fasc.11. pill, Lycus ap.Orib.8.43.1, Archig.ib.8.46.16, Gp.7.13.2. sugar-plum, sweetmeat, POxy.920.9,11 (ii/iii A.D.). name of a plaster, Aët.15.36, Paul.Aeg.7.17. dub. sens. in Inscr.Délos 1432 Bai 14 (ii B.C.).

sfairisis
σφαίρισιςσφαίρ-ισις, εως, ἡ, a playing at ball, Arist.Rh.1371a2.

sfairisma
σφαίρισμασφαίρ-ισμα, ατος, τό, = σφαίρισις, Eust.1601.61: σφαιρισμός, ὁ, Artem.4.69.

sfairisthrion
σφαιριστήριονσφαιρ-ιστήριον, τό, ball-court, Thphr. Char.5.9, IG11(2).199A110 (Delos, iii B.C.), BCH23.566 (Delph., iii B.C.), Phld.Herc.1457.7, POxy.1450.5 (iii A.D.).

sfairisths
σφαιριστήςσφαιρ-ιστής, οῦ, ὁ, ball-player, Antig.Car. ap. Ath.12.548b, AP5.213 (Mel.).

sfairistikos
σφαιριστικόςσφαιρ-ιστικός, ή, όν, of or for playing at ball, ἐπιμέλεια -ωτάτη Arr.Epict.2.5.20; σφαιριστικός, ὁ, a clever player, Gal.6.154, Poll.9.107; περὶ -κῆς (sc. τέχνης), title of a work by Timocrates, ap.Ath.1.15c.

sfairistra
σφαιρίστρασφαιρ-ίστρα, ἡ, = σφαιριστήριον, Inscr.Délos 1417 Ai 140 (ii B.C.), Plu.2.839c.

sfairitis
σφαιρῖτιςσφαιρ-ῖτις κυπάρισσος, ἡ, a kind of cypress, so called from its globular fruit, Gal.12.418.

sfairoeidhs
σφαιροειδήςσφαιρο-ειδής, ές, globular, spherical, Hp.Aër.14, Pl.Ti.33b, 63a, Euc.Phaen.p.4 M., Chrysipp.Stoic.2.224, etc.; of the rounded end of a lance, X.An.5.4.12. Adv. -δῶς D.L.7.158, etc. = σφαιρικός 1.2, Theo Sm.p.38 H. τὸ ς. spheroid, Archim.Con.Sph.Praef.p.252 H., al.

sfairografia
σφαιρογραφίασφαιρο-γρᾰφία, ἡ, celestial globe, Sch.Arat.248.

sfairomaxew
σφαιρομαχέωσφαιρο-μᾰχέω, spar with the σφαῖραι (σφαῖρα 4), Pl.Lg.830e. play at ball, Plb. 16.21.6.

sfairomaxia
σφαιρομαχίασφαιρο-μᾰχία, ἡ, sparring-match with the σφαῖραι (σφαῖρα 4), Aristomen.13, Seneca Ep.80.1, Stat.Silv.4 Praef., Poll.3.150, Aristid. 2.322 J.; and σφαιρο-μάχια, τά, a Spartan game, Eust.1601.25, Pius ap.Sch.Od.8.372.

sfairomaxos
σφαιρομάχοςσφαιρο-μάχος [ᾰ], ὁ, one who spars with the σφαῖρα 4, A.D.Adv.188.26, POxy.1050.13 (ii/iii A.D.).

sfairopaiktew
σφαιροπαικτέωσφαιρο-παικτέω, play at ball, Suid.

sfairopaikths
σφαιροπαίκτηςσφαιρο-παίκτης, ου, ὁ, ball-player, juggler, Gloss.

sfairopaiktikos
σφαιροπαικτικόςσφαιρο-παικτικός, ή, όν, given to ball-playing, Sopat.in Rh.5.22 W.

sfairopoiew
σφαιροποιέωσφαιρο-ποιέω, make spherical, Str.1.3.12, Plu.2.355a. make globes, Ptol.Hyp. 1.1.

sfairopoiia
σφαιροποιίασφαιρο-ποιία, ἡ, artificial sphere, Gem.12.23, Theo Sm.pp.146,151 H.; making of the heavenly spheres, Phld.Po.Herc.1676 Fr. 2.

sfairopoios
σφαιροποιόςσφαιρο-ποιός, = pilarius, Gloss.

sfairoqesia
σφαιροθεσίασφαιρο-θεσία, ἡ, position on the celestial sphere, Sch.Arat. 147.

sfairoqhkh
σφαιροθήκησφαιρο-θήκη, ἡ, sphere-holder, Gem.5.63.

sfairos
σφαῖροςσφαῖρος, ὁ, = σφαῖρα, the condition of the Universe (ὁ Κόσμος), when brought together by Eros, Emp.27.4,al. cf.σφῆρος. dub. sens. in POxy.1727.15 (ii/iii A.D.).

sfairow
σφαιρόωσφαιρ-όω, make into a globule, πάπυρον Alex.Aphr.Pr.1.93
Pass., to be rounded, Dsc.2.35, Antyll. ap. Orib.7.9.2, Aret.SA1.6, etc.; στήθεα δ᾽ ἐσφαίρωτο his chest was round and arched, Theoc.22.46. Pass., to be curled up in a ball, ψυχὴ -ωθεῖσα Ael.VH3.11. Pass., metaph., to be concentrated, Dam.Pr.400. in Pass. also of blunted weapons, ἐσφαιρωμένα ἀκόντια spears with buttons at the point, X.Eq.8.10; γρόσφοι -ωμένοι Plb.10.20.3; σιδήρια D.C.71.29; opp. λελογχωμένον δόρυ, Arist.EN1111a12.

sfairwma
σφαίρωμασφαίρ-ωμα, ατος, τό, anything made round or globular: round weight, in steelyards, Arist.Mech.853b32. pl., buttocks, S.E.P.2.211, Gal. 14.707; sg. in Paul.Aeg.3.77. generally, curve, ζῳδιακοῦ κύκλου Man.5.32. dub. sens. in PCair.Zen.659.12 (iii B.C.).

sfairwn
σφαιρώνσφαιρ-ών, ῶνος, ὁ, round fishing-net, Opp.H.3.83.

sfairwsis
σφαίρωσιςσφαίρ-ωσις, εως, ἡ, spherical shape, rotundity, Paul.Aeg.6.62; formation of a sphere, Simp.in Cael.543.28, Theol.Ar.19, Olymp.in Phd.p.106 N.

sfairwthr
σφαιρωτήρσφαιρ-ωτήρ, ῆρος, ὁ, thong, latchet, PLond.2.402v.22(ii B.C.), Hsch.; cf. σφυρωτήρ. a ball to ornament pillars, knop, LXX Ex.25.30(31): pl., as heraldic device, Tab.Heracl.1.184.

sfairwtos
σφαιρωτόςσφαιρ-ωτός, ή, όν, rounded, Opp.C.2.92. with a ball or button at the end, X.Eq.8.10.

sfakelismos
σφακελισμόςσφᾰκελ-ισμός, ὁ, = sq., ὀστέων Hp.Art. 33 (pl.); τοῦ ἐγκεφάλου Id.Morb.2.5, cf. Arist.PA672a33; of plants, rot, Thphr.HP4.14.2,4, 8.10.1; of the effect of cold on the foetus, Arist.Pr.860a19, cf. Erot.Fr.18. = λύπη σφοδρά, Stoic.3.100. epilepsy in horses, Hippiatr.108.

sfakelizw
σφακελίζωσφᾰκελ-ίζω, suffer from σφάκελος, to be gangrened, mortify, ἐσφακέλισέ τε τὸ ὀστέον καὶ ὁ μηρὸς ἐσάπη Hdt.3.66; σφακελίσαντος τοῦ μηροῦ καὶ σαπέντος Id.6.136, cf. Pl.Ti.74b,84b, Arist.HA519b6; of the eyes, LXX Le.26.16, De.28.32: also in Pass., ὁκόσοισιν ἂν σφακελισθῇ ὁ ἐγκέφαλος Hp.Aph.7.50, cf. Morb.2.5 (v.l.). of the effect of severe cold on single limbs, to be frost-bitten, D.H.12.8. of plants and trees, to be blighted, Arist.Juv.470a31, Thphr.HP4.14.4, etc. to have spasms or convulsions, ἀπορεῖν καὶ ς. τῷ δεινῷ Cratin.342, cf. Pherecr.80.

sfakelwdhs
σφακελώδηςσφᾰκελ-ώδης, ες, like gangrene, ἑτεροκρανίαι, of migraine (as though the brain were rotting), Archig. ap. Gal.8.92; νοῦσος (dub. sens.) Hp.Morb.2.75.

sfakhlos
σφάκηλοςσφάκηλος, v. σφάκελος 3. σʽφʼάκια: τῆς ἀμπέλου τὰ κλήματα, Hsch.

sfakths
σφάκτηςσφάκ-της (al. σφακ-τής), ου, ὁ, slayer, murderer, Zen.3.94, Aq.Da.2.14.

sfaktikos
σφακτικόςσφακ-τικός, ή, όν, of or for slaughtering, μάχαιρα Zonar. s.v. πανδούριον.

sfaktos
σφακτόςσφακ-τός, ή, όν, slain, slaughtered, δαίς E.Hec.1078 (lyr.) θηρία Rev.Arch.30(1929).29 (Gortyn, iv A.D.).

sfaktria
σφάκτριασφάκ-τρια, fem. o σφάκτης, priestess, Ael.Fr.44.

sfaktron
σφάκτρονσφάκ-τρον, τό, tax paid for victims OGI629.153 (Palmyra, ii A.D.), Poll.10.97.

sfakwdhs
σφακώδηςσφᾰκώδης, ες, abounding in sage, κλ<ε>ιτύς Hsch. σφάλαξ, v σπάλαξ. σφαλάσσειν: τέμνειν, κεντεῖν, Id.

sfalac
σπάλαξσπάλαξ [σπᾰ], ᾰκος, ἡ, also ἀσπάλαξ (q.v.), blind-rat, Spalax typhlus, Arist.de An.425a11, LXX Le.11.30; masc.in Ael.NA11.37
also written σφάλαξ, Paus.7.24.11. ἵππων εἶδος οἱ ς. (perh. mole-coloured), Hsch.: cf. σπαλακός. meadow-saffron, Colchicum parnassicum, Thphr.HP1.6.11 (s.v.l.).

sfaleronhktos
σφαλερόνηκτοςσφᾰλερόνηκτος, ον, dangerous to swim, ποταμοί Poll.3.103.

sfaleros
σφαλερόςσφᾰλερός, ά, όν, (σφάλλω) likely to make one stumble or trip metaph., slippery, perilous, τυραννὶς χρῆμα ς. Hdt.3.53; γνωμέω . . τὴν -ωτέρην σεωυτῷ Id.7.16.ά; σφαλερὸν ἡγεμὼν θρασύς E.Supp. 508; τοῦτο δέ γ´ ἐστὶν τὸ καλὸν ς. Id.IA21 (anap.); ὦ βιοτή . . ἐπὶ παντὶ σφαλερὰ κεῖσαι Id.Fr.916 (lyr.); πάντων -ώτατον, of future events, Th.4.62, cf. Hp.Aph.1.1; -ώτατοι καιροί Phld.Oec.p.48 J., SIG796 B 10 (Epid., i A.D.); of poems, Pl.Lg.810b; ς. τρόπος (v.l. τόπος) Hp.Prog.22; σφαλερόν [ἐστι], c. inf., Pl.R.451a, Lg.688b; τὸ ἐπιχειρῆσαι ς. X.HG2.1.2. Adv. Comp. -ώτερον, νοσεῖν to be more dangerously ill, Gal.15.724. (σφάλλομαι) ready to fall, tottering, reeling, κῶλα A.Eu.371 (lyr.); ῥῦμα S.Aj.159 (anap.); σῶμα ς. ἐν ταῖς κινήσεσι, of revellers and sufferers from coma, Gal. 7.645; ἕξις ς. πρὸς ὑγίειαν uncertain in point of health, Pl.R.404a. Adv. -ρῶς, ὑγιαίνειν enjoy health precariously, Gal.6.810. of persons, where the sense often fluctuates between 1 and 11, ἴχνεσι σφαλεροί Nic.Al.189, cf. 400; ς. σύμμαχοι uncertain, D.1.7; προστάτης ς. E.Fr.774.3. Adv. -ρῶς Id.IA600 (anap.), Isoc.7.1.

sfalizw
σφαλίζωσφᾰλίζω, fetter (cf. σφαλλός 2), Hsch. s.v. ἐσφάλιξεν, Phot. s.v. ἐσφάλιζεν. σφάλλον: κολάκευσον, Hsch.

sfallos
σφαλλόςσφαλλός or σφᾰλός, ὁ, a round leaden plate, which was thrown by a strap attached to a ring, a variety of the δίσκος, Poll.8.72, Hsch. a round block of wood with two holes for the feet, pair of stocks, Epich.148 (σφάκελλος codd. Ath.), Poll. l.c., Hsch.; cf. σφέλας.

sfallw
σφάλλωσφάλλω, S.Fr.192, Hdt.7.16.ά, etc.: fut. σφᾰλῶ Th.7.67: aor. 1 ἔσφηλα, Ep. σφῆλα Od.17.464, Dor. ἔσφᾱλα Pi.P.8.15: but the intrans. ἔσφαλεν LXX Jb.21.10, Si.13.22, Am.5.2, opt. σφάλαι ib.Jb. 18.7, are prob. forms of a Hellenistic aor. 1 Ἔσφᾰλα (presupposing Ἔσφᾰλον as ἦλθα presupposes ἦλθον, etc.): pf. ἔσφαλκα Plb.8.9.2
Pass., fut. σφᾰλήσομαι S.Tr.719,1113, Th.3.14, etc.; freq. in med. form σφᾰλοῦμαι, S.Fr.588, X.Smp.2.26: aor. ἐσφάλην [ᾰ] Alc.Supp. 27.13 (prob.), Hdt.4.140, Th.8.24, etc.; ἐσφάλθην only in Gal.5.62: pf. ἔσφαλμαι E.Andr.896, Pl.Cra.436c: plpf. ἔσφαλτο Th.7.47
make to fall, overthrow, properly by tripping up, trip up in wrestling, οὔτ᾽ Ὀδυσεὺς δύνατο σφῆλαι οὔδει τε πελάσσαι Il.23.719; οὐδ᾽ ἄρα μιν σφῆλεν βέλος Od.17.464; Ἕκτορα Pi.O.2.81; ἀλλάλους σφάλλοντι παλαίμασι Theoc.24.112; [πώλους] E.Hipp.1232; γόνυ τινός Id.Heracl.128; τινὰ γνύξ A.R.3.1310; τινὰ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν D.S.14.23; τὸ μὴ ὑπερπίνειν ἧττον ἂν καὶ σώματα καὶ γνώμας ς. X.Cyr.8.8.10, cf. 1.3.10 (Pass.); ς. ναῦς throw them on their beam-ends, Plu.Them.14, cf. Polyaen.3.11.13; [ἵπποι] ἔσφηλαν (gnomic aor.) τὸν ἀναβάτην throw him, X.Eq.3.9
Pass., to be tripped up, Φρυνίχου παλαίσμασιν Ar. Ra.689 (troch.); of a drunken man, σφαλλόμενος προσέρχεται reeling, staggering, Id.V.1324, cf. Heraclit. 117; ς. ὑπὸ οἴνου X.Lac.5.7, cf. AP11.26 (Marc. Arg.); ς. ἵππος Plu.Phil.18; ς. [ἱππεύς] is thrown, X. Eq.7.7. generally, cause to fall, overthrow, βία καὶ μεγάλαυχον ἔσφαλεν Pi.P.8.15; ἀνθρώπων κακῶν ὁμιλίαι ς. τινά Hdt.7.16.ά; σμικροὶ λόγοι ἔσφηλαν ἤδη καὶ κατώρθωσαν βροτούς S.El.416; σφάλλω . . ὅσοι φρονοῦσιν εἰς ἡμᾶς μέγα E.Hipp.6; [ὀργὴ] πλεῖστα . . ς. βροτούς Id.Fr.31; ἡ καταφρόνησις, ἡ ἀπειρία ς. τινά, Th.1.122, 2.87: abs., ἀτρεκεῖς ἐπιτηδεύσεις φασὶ σφάλλειν πλέον ἢ τέρπειν E.Hipp.262 (anap.): also of things, ἁμαρτίαι ς. τὴν σωτηρίαν S.Fr.192; δειναὶ τύχαι ς. δόμους E.Med.198 (anap.); ς. τὰς πόλεις Th.3.37, etc.; ς. δίκαν E.Andr.780 (lyr.); σφάλλων, name of a throw of the dice, Eub.57.5 (s. v.l.)
Pass., to be overthrown, fall, esp. of persons falling from high fortunes, σφαλεὶς γὰρ οὐδεὶς εὖ βεβουλεῦσθαι δοκεῖ Chaerem. 26, cf. S.Tr.297,719, E.Fr.262.2, etc.; ἢν σφαλῇ [ἡ Ἑλλάς] Hdt.7.168; ἢν ἄρα τι σφαλλώμεθα, opp. κατορθοῦν, Th.1.140, cf. Ar. Ra.736 (troch.), Pl.351; σφαλλομένους ἐπανορθῶν X.Mem.2.4.6; ταῖς τύχαις σφάλλεσθαι Th.2.87, cf. 43; ὑπὸ νόσων, ἐρώτων, μέθης ἐσφαλμένος, Pl.R.396d; ὑπὸ χρόνων τι ς. suffer from length of time, Id.Lg.769c: c. dat. modi, σφάλλεσθαι ἀξιόχρεῳ δυνάμει Th.6.10; τοῖς ἀγῶσι Id.7.61; τοῖς ὅλοις Plb.1.43.8: with a Prep., ἐν τῇ μάχῃ X. HG7.2.2, cf. Hdt.7.50; τι ἐν τοῖς λόγοις Pl.Grg.461d; περί τι Id.R. 451a; περί τινος Plu.2.164c: with neut. Adj., σφάλλεσθαι ἓν μέγα Pl.Lg.648e; ἐν τοῖς δικασταῖς, κοὐκ ἐμοί, τόδ᾽ ἐσφάλη this mishap took place by means of . . , S.Aj.1136; οὔ τι μὴ σφαλῶ γ᾽ ἐν σοί I shall not fail in thy business, Id.Tr.621. baffle, balk, frustrate, of an oracle, Hdt.7.142; θεὰ ἤδη μ᾽ . . ἔσφηλεν S.Aj.452, cf. E.Alc.34 (anap.), Andr.223; ἐκ τοῦ φανεροῦ τὴν πόλιν ς. Aeschin.3.125
Pass., err, go wrong, be mistaken, κατὰ γνώμην Hdt.7.52: abs., S.El. 1481, E.IA1541, etc.; μῶν ἐσφάλμεθ᾽; am I mistaken? Id.Andr.896; ἡ ψυχὴ πολλὰ σφάλλεται Isoc.1.32; γνώμῃ σφαλέντες Th.4.18; διανοίᾳ ς. Pl.Sph.229c; so ς. τὴν γνώμην, τὸν λογισμόν, Clearch.23, Plu. Sull.15: c. inf., οὐκ ἂν σφαλείη . . ἑλέσθαι be led astray into choosing, Id.2.711b. Pass. also, c. gen. rei, to be balked of or foiled in a thing, ἦ καὶ πατήρ τι σφάλλεται βουλευμάτων; A.Eu.717; γάμων, δόξης, τύχης, E.Or.1078, Med.1010, Ph.758; τῆς δόξης Th.4.85; τοῦ αὐχήματος Id.7.66, cf. 5.110; οὐκ ἔσφαλται τῆς ἀληθείας Pl.Cra.436c; τῶν πραγμάτων ᾗ ἔχει Id.Hp.Mi.372b; ἀνδρός lose him, S.Tr.1113; τοῦ παντός Plu.Brut.20
σφάλλειν τινὰ ἀπ᾽ ἐλπίδος cast him down from his hope, Luc.Dem.Enc.29.

sfalma
σφάλμασφάλ-μα, ατος, τό, trip, stumble, false step, AP7.634 (Antiphil.), Man.4.289. a glide, in a surgical operation, Heliod. ap. Orib. 49.8.38, Ruf. ib.49.28.13. metaph., fall, failure, defeat, Hdt.7.6, 9.9, Th.5.14 (pl.), etc.; σφάλματα ποιοῦντες causing losses, Pl.Plt.298b. fault, error, Hdt.1.207, 7.10.ζ´; τὰ πρόσθε ς. E.Andr.54, Supp.416, cf. Pl.Tht.168a, R.487b, Phld.Rh.1.348 S., Gal.6.68.

sfalmaw
σφαλμάωσφαλ-μάω, or σφαλ-μέω, = σφάλλομαι, of a horse, Plb.35.5.2
Hsch. explains σφαλμάω by σκιρτάω, σφαδᾴζω.

sfalmos
σφαλμόςσφαλ-μός, ὁ, error, failure, Aq.Ps.120(121).3, Is.58.3.

sfalos
σφάλοςσφάλος, τό, = σφάλμα, dub. in Trag.Oxy.676.16.

sfalos
σφαλόςσφᾰλός, v. σφαλλός.

sfalsis
σφάλσιςσφάλ-σις, εως, ἡ, = σφάλμα, Vett.Val.285.35.

sfalths
σφάλτηςσφάλ-της, ου, ὁ, one who trips up or throws down, Lyc.207.

sfanion
σφάνιονσφάνιον: κλινίδιον, Hsch.; cf. ἐν σφανίῳ: ἐν κλιναρίῳ, Id. (Perh. σφᾱνιον, Dor. etc. for Σφήνιον, abbrev. for σφηνόπους, q.v.)

sfarageomai
σφαραγέομαισφᾰρᾰγ-έομαι, burst with a noise, crackle, sputter, as liquids when thrown upon the fire, σφαραγεῦντο δέ οἱ πυρὶ ῥίζαι the roots of his eye crackled or hissed (when Odysseus burnt them with the hot stake), Od.9.390. groan with fulness, to be full to bursting, οὔθατα γὰρ σφαραγεῦντο ib.440.

sfaragizw
σφαραγίζωσφᾰρᾰγ-ίζω, stir up with noise and bustle, σὺν δ᾽ ἄνεμοι ἔνοσίν τε κονίην τ᾽ ἐσφαράγιζον Hes.Th.706.

sfaragos
σφάραγοςσφᾰ´ρᾰγ-ος: βρόγχος, τράχηλος, λαιμός, ψόφος, Hsch.: = φάρυγξ, Apion ap.Phot.

sfas
σφᾶςσφᾶς and σφάς, acc. of σφεῖς (q.v.): but σφάς [ᾱ], acc. fem. of σφός. σφάττω, v. σφάζω. σφε, v. σφεῖς. σφεᾰ, σφέᾰς, v. σφεῖς.

sfedanaw
σφεδανόςσφεδᾰνός, ή, όν, = σφοδρός, vehement, violent, στάσιες Xenoph.1.23; γένυες (sc. λέοντος) AP6.219.12 (Antip.); τόξον Euph.9.10; κάρηαρ Nic.Th.642; ῥοιζός Epic. in Arch.Pap.7p.4. Hom. only neut. sg. as Adv., eagerly, σφεδανὸν Δαναοῖσι κελεύων Il.11.165, 16.372; σφεδανὸν ἔφεπ᾽ ἔγχεϊ 21.542 (Aristarch. and several codd. σφεδανῶν, from σφεδανάω, raging, cf. Theognost.Can.12, Hsch.).

sfedron
σφειδρόνσφειδρόν: καθαρόν, εὐῶδες, Hsch. (σφεδρόν Theognost.Can.12).

sfeilon
σφειλόνσφειλόν: λοξόν, πυκνόν, εὐκίνητον, προσφυές, δριμύ, Hsch.: cf. σφηλόν.

sfeis
σφεῖςσφεῖς, FORMS: nom. σφεῖς Hdt.7.168, Th.5.46,65, X.An. 7.5.9, HG5.2.8, Pl.R.487c
the uncontr, form σφέες is never found, cf. A.D.Pron.93.1, though recognized by Greg.Cor.p.479 S.
the obl. cases only are used by Hom. Gen. σφέων, in Hom. a monosyll., and sts. enclitic, Il.18.311, Od.3.134; poet. σφείων only in Il., and always in phrase ὦσαν ἀπὸ σφείων, 4.535, 5.626, 13.148; σφέων also in Hdt.2.4, 4.35, al.; Att. σφῶν IG12.39.67, al., Th.1.120, al., Antipho 6.23, etc., also in Hom. in the phrase σφῶν αὐτῶν, Il.12.155, 19.302. Dat. σφίσι(ν) or σφισι(ν) 4.2, 17.453, 22.288,474, A. Pr.481, Hdt.1.4, al., Th.1.19, al., X.HG1.7.5, etc.; more freq. in the forms σφι, σφιν, Il.2.612,614, al., A.Pr.254, al., Hdt.1.31, al. (not in Att. Prose); in Trag. never σφι; sts. elided σφ᾽, Il.3.300, 8.4, etc.; σφιν also in Dor. Prose, SIG56.48 (Argos, v B.C.), IG22.1126.25 (Delph. Amphict., iv B.C.), Schwyzer 92.5 (Argos, iii B.C.), Anon. in PSI9.1091.21
σφίσι(ν) is not enclitic acc. to A.D.Pron.98.12, sts. enclitic acc. to Hdn.Gr.2.42 (who says elsewh. (2.57) that pronouns beginning with σφ- are always enclitic); σφι(ν) is enclitic, exc. at the beginning of a phrase, as σφὶν δ᾽ αὐτοῖς Hes.Fr.49 (cited by A.D.Pron.98.11). Acc., Ep. and Ion. σφέᾰς (enclit. σφεας) Hom. (v. infr.), Archil.27.2, Hdt.1.4,5, al.; freq. to be pronounced as one long syllable, as in οὐ μέν σφεας ἔτ᾽ ἔολπα Od.8.315, cf. 480, 13.213,276; but also as a disyll., Il.12.43, Od.12.225, al.; σφᾰς enclit. in Il.5.567, Parm.1.12, Theoc.21.16, not enclit. in Opp.C.1.471, H.2.231; Att. σφᾶς IG12.101.3, Th.1.24, E.Med.1378, Or.1127, etc.; enclit. σφας [ᾱ, cf. S.Ant.128 (anap.)] S.OT1470,1508, OC486; also σφε Il.19.265, Simon.99, Pi.P.5.86, A.Th.630 (lyr.), 788 (lyr.), 864 (anap.), S.OT1505, OC605, 1669, E.Med.394, etc.; never in Com. (for Ar.Eq.1020 is a burlesque oracle), nor in Att. Prose; once in Hdt. (7.170, sed leg. σφέας): neut. σφεα (v. infr. 111). Rare dialectic forms
Lacon. dat. φιν, EM702.41; used also by Emp.22.3, Call.Dian.125,213, Fr.183, Nic.Th.725: Aeol. dat. and acc. ἄσφι, ἄσφε, Sapph.43, Alc.73: Syrac. dat. and acc. ψιν, ψε, Sophr.93,94, Theoc.4.3; ψε and ψεαυτόνς also Cretan, Rendic.Pont. Accad.Rom. di Arch.7.106, Riv.Fil.58(1930).473; Cret. dat. ψιναυτοῖς Riv.Ist.Arch.2.19: Arc. dat. σφεις IG5(2).6.10, 18 (Tegea).-- For the dual v. σφωέ: like other pl. forms σφε can be used with reference to two persons, Il.11.111, Od.8.271, 21.192, 206; so σφεας, Il.11.128. Gender
in Hom. this Pron. has no neut.; in Od.9.70, 10.355, it refers to things, denoted by feminine nouns: but in Ion. Prose occurs the neut. pl. σφεα, Hdt.1.46,89, 2.119, 3.53 (σφε codd.), 7.50, Abyd.9; σφε is acc. pl. neut. in Theoc.15.80. MEANINGS: they, them, pl. of οὗ B.I, ἐκ γάρ σφεων φρένας εἵλετο Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη Il.18.311; τῶ σφεων πολέες κακὸν οἶτον ἐπέσπον Od.3.134; μετὰ δέ σφισι πότνια Ἥβη νέκταρ ἐῳνοχόει Il.4.2; οὔ σφι θαλάσσια ἔργα μεμήλει 2.614; ἐγώ σφισιν ἔδειξα κράσεις ἠπίων ἀκεσμάτων A.Pr.481, cf. 443,457, S.OT1470, al., E.Med.1378; this use is not found in Prose, exc. in dialects, SIG56.48 (Argos, v B.C.), IG22.1126.25 (Delph. Amphict., iv B.C.), Hdt.1.3, 2.15, al. παρὰ δέ σφιν ἑκάστῳ δίζυγες ἵπποι ἑστᾶσι beside each of them, Il.5.195. reflexively, as pl. of οὗ B. 11.1, ὦσαν ἀπὸ σφείων 4.535, al.; αἵ ἑ μετὰ σφίσιν εἶχον 22.474, cf. Th.2.76; later with the same restriction as for οὗ B. 11.1, e.g. φράζοντες ὡς οὔ σφι περιοπτέη ἐστὶ ἡ Ἑλλὰς ἀπολλυμένη: ἢν γὰρ σφαλῇ, σφεῖς γε οὐδὲν ἄλλο ἢ δουλεύσουσι τῇ πρώτῃ τῶν ἡμερέων Hdt.7.168, cf. Th.5.46,65, X.An.7.5.9, HG5.2.8, Pl.R.487c. oblique cases in combination with αὐτῶν, αὐτούς, etc., forming a reflex. Pron. used without the foreg. restriction, ἐντὸς δὲ πυκάζοιεν σφέας αὐτούς Od.12.225; σφῶν δ᾽ αὐτῶν κήδε᾽ ἑκάστη Il.19.302, cf. 12.155; σφᾶς δ᾽ αὐτάς Hes.Th.34; Κερκυραῖοι σφῶν αὐτῶν τοὺς ἐχθροὺς δοκοῦντας εἶναι ἐφόνευον Th.3.81, cf. 1.139, al.; it sts. = ἀλλήλους (-ων), ἀλλήλοις κοτέοντες ἐπὶ σφέας ὁρμήσωσι Hes.Sc.403; ποθεινοτέρως σφῶν αὐτῶν ἔχειν X.Lac.1.5; σφᾶς (σφὰς cod. L) αὐτοὺς . . ἐπέφραδον informed one another, A.R.2.959; but σφᾶς ἑωυτάς is prob. f.l. in Hp.Epid.2.1.3: cf. Thom.Mag.p.329 R. as sg., = him, her, in the dat. and acc. forms σφἱνʼ, σφε; σφιν is so used in h.Pan.19, h.Hom.30.9, A.Pers.759, S.OC1490 (in Od.15.524 σφιν refers to all the suitors, and in Hes.Sc.113 to Ares and Cycnus); σφι in Lyc.1242; σφε = him, her, in Pi.I.6(5).74, A.Pr.9, Th.469, al., S.OT761, Ant.44, Ph.200 (anap.), al., E.Alc.107 (lyr.), 149,200, Med.33, al.; = it (of a masc. noun) in S.OC40: f.l. for σφεα in Hdt.3.52,53, and for σφεας Id.1.71, al. once as 2 pers. pl. reflex., ἠνώγει δέ μ᾽ ἰόντα . . πυθέσθαι ἠὲ . . ἦ . . φύξιν βουλεύοιτε μετὰ σφίσιν Il.10.398 (reported from φύξιν βουλεύουσι μετὰ σφίσιν ib.311); σφέας for ὑμᾶς in Hdt.3.71 (but with v.l. σφεα). later as 1 pers. pl. (cf. σφέτερος, σφωΐτερος, ἑός), ἧμιν ἐνὶ σφίσι A.R.2.1278; σφᾶς = ἡμᾶς, Men.Prot. p. 119 D.; censured by Luc.Sol.8,9.

sfeklararios
σπεκλάριονσπεκλάριον, τό,= sq. 2, PHolm.4.28: hence σφεκλαράριος, ὁ,= Lat. speculararius, Supp.Epigr.7.197 (Berytus, v/vi A.D.).

sfeklararios
σφεκλαράριοςσφεκλαράριος, v. σπεκλάριον.

sfeklh
σφέκλησφέκλη, ἡ, = faecula, Alex.Trall.12, Paul.Aeg.7.13, interpol. in Dsc.Eup.2.141.

sfeklon
σφέκλονσφέκλον, τό, = Lat. speculum, Phlp. in Ph.642.17 (v.l. ὕελον).

sfelas
σφέλαςσφέλᾰς, τό, footstool, Od.18.394: Ep. pl. σφέλα 17.231; dat. σφέλαϊ A.R.3.1159. pedestal of a statue, Schwyzer 760 (Delos, vi B.C.). hollow block of wood, for putting anything into, Nic.Th.644.

sfeliskon
σφελίσκονσφελίσκον, τό, Dim. of foreg., Michel 832.50 (Samos, iv B.C.).

sfelma
σφέλμασφέλμα, ατος, τό, blossom of the holm-oak (πρῖνος), Hsch.

sfendamninos
σφενδάμνινοςσφενδάμνῐνος, η, ον, of maple wood, τράπεζαι Cratin.301: metaph. for tough, stout, 'hearts of oak', Ar.Ach.181.

sfendamnos
σφένδαμνοςσφένδαμνος, ἡ, Olympian maple, Acer monspessulan im, Thphr. HP3.3.1 (cj.), 3.11.1, Dicaearch.2.2.

sfendikizw
σφενδικίζωσφενδικίζω, = σφενδονάω, Luc.Pseudol.24 (dub.l.).

sfendonaian
σφενδοναίανσφενδον-αίαν: σφενδόνην, ἢ τὴν σφραγῖδα, Hsch.

sfendonatas
σφενδονήτηςσφενδον-ήτης, ου, ὁ, slinger, Hdt.7.158, Th.6.22, Pl.Criti.119b, LXX Jd.20.16: Boeot. σφενδονάτας Ἀρχ.Δελτ. 14 Pl.iv 26 (Thespiae, iii B.C.).

sfendonaw
σφενδονάωσφενδον-άω, use the sling, Th.2.81, X.An.3.3.7, 15, etc.; τοῖς λίθοις ς. ib. 17; ἐν τῷ σφενδονᾶν ἡ χεὶρ γίνεται κέντρον Arist.Mech.852b7. strike by slinging, τὰς αὔρας Babr.26.5: metaph., ἔντερ᾽ ἁλὶ καὶ σιλφίῳ ς. Axionic.8.4. throw as from a sling, LXX 1 Ki.25.29
Pass., ἐκ κλιμάκων ἐσφενδονᾶτο χωρὶς ἀλλήλων μέλη E.Ph.1183, cf. Hld.10.30. move like a swing, swing to and fro, ὅπλισμα . . διαφέρων ἐσφενδόνα E.Supp.715.

sfendonew
σφενδονέωσφενδον-έω, later form of σφενδονάω, Str.15.3.18.

sfendonh
σφενδόνησφενδόν-η, ἡ, 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. a sling as part of a crane used in unloading ships, SIG241 A 46 (Delph., iv B.C.): so perh. metaph., σφενδόνας ἀπ᾽ εὐμέτρου A.Ag.1010 (lyr.). anything of like shape: sling for a disabled arm, Hp.Art.16 (cf. Il. l.c.); suspensory abdominal bandage, Hp.Mul.2.144, Sor.Fasc.48. headband worn by women, broad in front, Poll.5.96, Eust.ad D.P.7. 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. white of the eye, Poll.2.70. stone or bullet of the sling, X.An.3.4.4, 5.2.14, etc.; τοιαύταις ς., of hailstones, Ar.Nu.1125 (troch.).

sfendonhdon
σφενδονηδόνσφενδον-ηδόν, Adv. like a sling, Sch.Il.11.165, EM738.25.

sfendonhsis
σφενδόνησιςσφενδόν-ησις, εως, ἡ, slinging, Hp.Fract.2, Pl.Lg.794c, Apollod.Poliorc.141.8.

sfendonhtikos
σφενδονητικόςσφενδον-ητικός, ή, όν, of or for slinging, εὐστοχία Sch.Lyc.633: ἡ -κή (sc. τέχνη) the art of slinging, Pl.La.193b.

sfendonisths
σφενδονιστήςσφενδον-ιστής, οῦ, ὁ, = -ήτης, Them.Or.11.152c.

sfendonizw
σφενδονίζωσφενδον-ίζω, = σφενδονάω, βολίδας Ps.-Callisth. 2.16.

sfendonoeidhs
σφενδονοειδήςσφενδονοειδής, ές, sling-shaped, i.e. broad and tapering at the ends, Posidon.98 J.

sfeos
σφεόςσφεός, -εή, Dor. -εά, -εόν, = σφός, σφέτερος, their (own), σφεὰ δώματα A.R.1.849; ἴομεν αὖτις ἕκαστοι ἐπὶ σφεά each to his own, ib. 872. = σφωΐτερος, your (in addressing a pair), Alcm.30. his, her, σφεᾶς ἔειξε χώρας Id.31; σφ<ε>ὸς ἔσκε πατήρ prob. in Sammelb.7289.

sferia
σφερίασφερία, ἡ, dub. sens. in PFay.347 (ii A.D.).

sferta
σφέρτασφέρτα: τὰ ἄφορα δένδρα, Hsch.

sfeterismos
σφετερισμόςσφετερ-ισμός, ὁ, appropriation, ἐπὶ σφετερισμῷ ἑαυτοῦ for one's own use and advantage, Arist.Rh.1374a16.

sfeterisths
σφετεριστήςσφετερ-ιστής, οῦ, ὁ, appropriator, opp. ἐπίτροπος, Id.Pol.1315b2.

sfeterizomai
σφετερίζωσφετερ-ίζω, make one's own, appropriate, usurp, ἐὰν ἑσμοὺς ἀλλοτρίους σφετερίζῃ τις Pl.Lg.843d; τὰ πράγματα κατὰ τὴν πόλιν ἐσφετέρισαν ib.715a; τὸν χόρτον -ίσαντες PGen.49.15 (iv A.D.)
Pass., τῆς ἐσφετερισμένης ἀρχῆς App.Hann.45. more freq. in Med. σφετερίζομαι, σφετεριξάμενοι (Dor. aor.) πατ ραδέλφειαν A.Supp.38 (anap.), cf. X.HG5.1.36, D.32.2; ς. τι τῶν ἀλλοτρίων Arist.Pr.952a29; τι τῶν πέλας Plb.2.19.4; χρήματα SIG833.7 (Epist. Hadriani); ὄνομα Gal.6.543; ὅλον τὸν ἀκροατὴν σφετεριζόμενος Luc.Cal.8: pf. Pass. in same sense, D.H.10.32; plpf. ἐσφετέριστο D.C.50.1: also c. gen., -ομένους τῶν κοινῶν Phld.Rh.2.174 S.; τῶν κτημάτων -ονται BGU 195.17 (ii A.D.).

sfeteros
σφέτεροςσφέτερ-ος, α, ον, possessive Adj. of the 3rd pers. pl. σφεῖς, their own, their, Il.17.287, Od.1.274, al., Hes. Th.155, Pi.P.10.38; strengthd., αὐτῶν σφετέρῃσιν ἀτασθαλίῃσιν Od.1.7; rare in Com., Ar.Ra.1464, Fr.350; in Prose the gen. ἑαυτῶν is commonly used, but σφέτερος also occurs, Th.3.95, 7.1, IG12.29.6, 57.46, Pl.Euthd.304c; τὰ ς. their own property, Th.2.20, X. HG5.3.12; ὅσοι τὰ ς. φρονοῦντες . . περιῆσαν Th.3.68, cf. X.HG7.5.5; τὸν ς. (sc. φόβον) their own (fear), Th.6.36; τὸ ς. αὐτῶν their own business, Pl.Sph.243b; τὸ ς. αὐτῶν συμφέρον their own interest, Arist.Pol. 1296a36; ἀπὸ τῆς ς. αὐτῶν (sc. χώρας) X.Ath.2.5, cf. IG12(1).977.16 (Carpathos, iv B.C.); νόμοις χρῆσθαι τοῖς ς. αὐτῶν ib.22.1.15; οἱ ς. their own people, Th.6.71, X.HG2.4.18. also of the 3rd pers. sg., his or her own, his, her, for ἑός, ὅς, Hes.Sc.90, Pi.O.13.61, P.4.83, A.Ag.760 (lyr.), Pers.900 (lyr.), and in later Prose, Plb.7.14.3, etc. sts. also used of other persons: of 2nd pl., = ὑμέτερος, your own, your, Il.9.327 (sed leg. μαρναμένοις), Hes.Op.2, A.R.4.1327, AP9.134; cf. σφεῖς B. 111. of 2nd dual, Alcm.3. of 2nd sg., = σός, thine own, only in Theoc.22.67. of 1st sg., = ἐμός, mine own, Id.25.163. of 1st pl., = ἡμέτερος, our own, X.Cyr.6.1.10 codd., A.R.4.1353, Plb.11.4.3, 11.31.6, App.Mith.5, etc. --Cf. σφός.

sfetrides
σφετρίδεςσφετρίδες: ἐπιβλήματα, Hsch. (Fort. ἐφεστρίδες).

sfewn
σφέωνσφέων, Ep. and Ion. gen. of σφεῖς. σφῇ, dat. fem. of σφός.

sfhkalewn
σφηκαλέωνσφηκαλέων, οντος, ὁ, 'lion-wasp', a kind of insect, ς. τοὺς ἐν τῇ ἀράχνῃ PMag.Leid.W.8.8 (σφυη-, but υ erased).

sfhkeia
ΣφήκειαΣφήκεια, ἡ, Wasp-land, old name of Cyprus, Lyc.447, Hsch.

sfhkeion
σφήκειονσφήκ-ειον, τό, an insect that stings like a wasp, Nic. Th.738.

sfhkia
σφηκιάσφηκ-ιά, ἡ, wasps' nest, S.Fr.778, E.Cyc.475, Ar.V.224, LXX Ex.23.28; σφηκιαὶ ἐχθρῶν, opp. ἑσμὸς φίλων, Plu.2.96b.

sfhkias
σφηκίαςσφηκ-ίας, ου, ὁ, = σφηκίσκος 11, Pherecr.238. a verse divided by caesura into parts containing an equal number of syllables, Ps.-Plu.Metr.2.

sfhkikos
σφηκικόςσφηκ-ικός, ή, όν, = σφηκώδης 11, κατὰ τροχαῖον -ική, i.e. with a trochee instead of a spondee, Eust.641.35.

sfhkion
σφηκίονσφηκ-ίον, τό, comb in a wasps' nest, as κηρίον in that of bees, Arist.HA628a17, al., Thphr.HP 4.8.7, Ael.NA4.39.

sfhkiskos
σφηκίσκοςσφηκ-ίσκος, ὁ, piece of wood pointed like a wasp's tail, pointed stick or stake, Ar.Pl.301. roof-timber, rafter, IG12.372.81, 22.1668.53, Plb.5.89.6. lintel, IG12.313.108, Arist.Ath.65.2. v.l. for σφηνίσκος 111 (q.v.).

sfhkismos
σφηκισμόςσφηκ-ισμός, ὁ, an imitation of the buzzing of a wasp on the flute, Hsch.

sfhkiwsis
σφηκίωσιςσφηκ-ίωσις: κηρία σφηκῶν, Id.

sfhkoeidhs
σφηκοειδήςσφηκοειδής, ές, = σφηκώδης 1, Sch.Nic.Th.805.

sfhkos
σφηκόςσφηκός, ή, όν, = σφηκώδης 1, S.Fr.29. = σφήκωμα 1, Hsch.

sfhkos
σφῆκοςσφῆκος, εος, τό, acc. pl. σφήκη, perh. strings (of figs), PCair.Zen. 99.3, 544.3 (iii B.C.).

sfhkow
σφηκόωσφηκ-όω, (σφήξ) make like a wasp, i.e. pinch in at the waist, bind tightly, Phryn.Com.91; ς. τὸ ὅλον σῶμα Hld.10.31; χεῖρας APl.4.195 (Satyr.); ἀγγεῖον close the vessel, Dsc.5.54; τοὺς κορακίνους Ael.NA13.17: aor. Med. σφηκώσατο Nonn.D.1.192, 15.147. Pass., πλοχμοί θ᾽, οἳ χρυσῷ τε καὶ ἀργύρῳ ἐσφήκωντο were bound tightly, Il.17.52; ἐσφήκωντο κορύμβαις prob. in Antim. in PMilan.17.4; κόμη ἐσφηκωμένη Poll.2.25; σφηκούμενος one binding up his hair, Ph.2.479; δειρὴν ἐσφήκωται he is narrow in the neck, Nic. Th.289; ὁ δὲ τέτρατος (sc. κύκλος) ἐσφήκωται λοξὸς ἐν ἀμφοτέροις is fixed, Arat.526, cf. 441; θυρίδες εὖ καὶ καλῶς ἐσφηκωμέναι well-closed window-shutters, Aristid. Or.51(27).8 (-σφην- is prob. cj.); so καλύμματ᾽ ἐσφηκ. Anacr.21.3: metaph., coupled with πλεκτόν in Phld.Po.2.45.

sfhkwdhs
σφηκώδηςσφηκ-ώδης, ες, wasplike, Sch.Nic.Al.183; pinched in at the waist like a wasp, Ar.Pl.561 sq. στίχος ς. a wasp-like verse, with a time wanting in the middle, Sch.Heph.p.168 W., Sch.Od.10.60; so σφηκῶδές τε καὶ σφηκοειδές Eust.641.31.

sfhkwma
σφήκωμασφήκ-ωμα, ατος, τό, the point of a helmet where the plume is fixed in, εὐλόφῳ ς. S.Fr.341, cf. Ar.Pax 1216. cord, PCair.Zen.518 (iii B.C.), Phryn.PS p.110 B., Philum.Ven.7.7, Hippiatr.24, Hsch., Paul.Aeg.6.25; dub. sens. in IG11(2).144 A 37 (Delos, iv B.C.).

sfhkwn
σφηκώνσφηκ-ών, ῶνος, ὁ, wasps' nest, cj. for sq., Arist.HA 628a13.

sfhkwneus
σφηκωνεύςσφηκ-ωνεύς, έως, ὁ, = σφηκίον 1, Arist. l.c. (s. v.l.).

sfhlai
σφῆλαισφῆλαι, σφῆλεν, v. σφάλλω. σφηλόν: λοξόν, πυκνόν, εὐκίνητον, Hsch.; but, σφηλόν: τὸ ἰσχυρόν, Id. s.v. ἄσφηλοι (cf. also σφειλόν); cf. ἐρίσφηλος.

sfhn
σφήνσφήν, σφηνός, ὁ, wedge, Ar.Ra.801, A.R.1.1204, Arist.Mech.853a19, PCair.Zen.759.2 (iii B.C.), etc.; used as an instrument of torture, A.Pr.64, Plu.2.498d, LXX 4 Ma.8.13, al. [σφην- prob. from σφᾱν-, cf. σφάνιον and v. sub σφηνόπους.]

sfhnarion
σφηνάριονσφην-άριον, τό, Dim. of σφήν, small wedge, Heliod. ap. Orib. 44.14.13, Hsch. s.v. γόμφοισι, Suid. s.v. σφήν: so σφηνίδα (cod. Par.) and σφηνίδιον (vulg.), both dub. in Hero Bel.82.2.

sfhneus
σφηνεύςσφην-εύς, έως, ὁ, a sea-fish, a kind of mullet, prob. from its wedge-like shape, Euthyd. ap. Ath.7.307b, PSI4.428.67 (iii B.C.), PCair.Zen.12.43 (iii B.C.).

sfhniskos
σφηνίσκοςσφην-ίσκος, ὁ, Dim. of σφήν, Hp.Mochl.38, prob. in Sch.Hes. Op.425. wedge-shaped plug, pledget for the nose, Paul.Aeg. 2.58. Math., an irregular truncated pyramid, with v.l. σφηκίσκος, Hero *Deff.114, cf. *Stereom.1.25: cf. βωμίσκος. a number with 3 unequal factors, Anon. in Tht.43.14, Nicom.Ar.2.6. wedge-shaped ornament on shoe, Herod.7.22 (prob. rest.).

sfhnoeidhs
σφηνοειδήςσφηνο-ειδής, ές, wedge-shaped, Thphr.CP1.6.8, Ascl.Tact.7.2, Heliod. ap. Orib.49.4.35, Gal.2.752.

sfhnokefalos
σφηνοκέφαλοςσφηνο-κέφᾰλος, ον, with wedgeshaped or peaked head, Str.2.1.9.

sfhnopous
σφηνόπουςσφηνό-πους, πουν, gen. ποδος, with wedge-shaped legs, of a bier, κλίνη IG12(5).593 A 6 (Ceos, V B.C.). [The spelling with -η- shows that σφήν has Att.-Ion. η from ᾱ: cf. σφάνιον.]

sfhnopwgwn
σφηνοπώγωνσφηνο-πώγων, ωνος, ὁ, with wedge-shaped or peaked beard, as Hermes is represented, Artem.2.37; in Comedy old men were thus represented, Luc.Ep.Sat.24.

sfhnow
σφηνόωσφην-όω, shape like a wedge, Gp.17.19.4
Pass., to be cloven with a wedge, Arist.Mech.853a27; κλίνη χρυσῷ ἐσφηνωμένη inlaid, Luc. Asin.53 codd. fix by means of a wedge, Hero Bel.107.14
Pass., to be wedged in, εἰς τὸ μέσον Plb.27.11.4; to become fixed like a wedge, Sor.2.55, Gal.6.179. plug up, close up, τρήματα σπόγγοις Sch. Ar.Ach.462; τοῖς μότοις Orib.Fr.134
Med., τὸ πρόθυρον σφήνου close the vestibule, AP5.40 (Rufin.)
Pass., f.l. in Dsc.5.31; ὅταν σφηνωθῇ ἡ ὀπή Gp.9.10.4; σφηνοῦνται τὰς κεφαλάς they catch a cold in the head, Cass.Pr.25; σφηνωθεὶς ἀπέθανεν, of obstruction, Anon. ap.Suid. torture, rack (v. σφήν), Plu.2.498d.

sfhnwsis
σφήνωσιςσφήν-ωσις, εως, ἡ, the use of the wedge, Hp.Fract.31, Orib.49.8.13. closing up, obstruction, τοῦ πνεύματος Plu.2.127d, cf. 654a, Placit.3.15.5; difficult passage, of calculi, Aret.SD2.3(pl.); obstruction, Alex.Aphr. Pr.1.107, cf. Gal.1.284 (pl.); τῶν πόρων Alex.Trall.1.2; [τῆς κεφαλῆς] plugging up, cold in the head, Cass.Pr.25; impaction of foetus, Sor.2.60, Paul.Aeg.3.76.

sfhros
σφῆροςσφῆρος, ὁ, horoscope, Supp.Epigr.7.370 (Dura-Europus, iii A.D.). (Later spelling of σφαῖρος.)

sfhros
σφηρόςσφηρός: τὸ τοῦ ἱματίου σημεῖον, Hsch. (between σφραγίς and σφριαί: perh. for σφρηγίς, cf. σφραγίς 11.2).

sfhttios
ΣφηττόςΣφηττός, ὁ, a deme of the Acamantian φυλή in Attica, Str.9.1.20; Σφηττοῖ in or at Sphettos,Lys.17.5, Aeschin.1.97; Σφηττόθεν from S., IG12.591, Plu.Thes.13; Σφηττόνδε to S., St.Byz.
Σφήττιος, ὁ, a Sphettian, IG12.304.20, Ar.Nu.156, Aeschin.1.100; also as Adj., ὄξος

sfi
σφισφι, σφιν, v. σφεῖς.

sfides
σφίδεςσφίδες: χορδαὶ μαγειρικαί, Hsch. σφίδη: χορδή, Id. (Hence Lat. fides is perh. borrowed.)

sfigcis
σφίγξιςσφίγξις, εως, ἡ, binding tight, constriction, Hp.Fract.26, Aret.CD 2.3, Antyll. ap. Orib.7.12.1, Ael.NA8.18; τὸ κατὰ σφίγξιν operation by ligature, Aët.7.37. constipation, Sor.1.125.

sfiggia
σφιγγίασφιγγία, ἡ, greed, LXX Si.11.18, perh. f.l. for σκνιφία.

sfiggidion
σφιγγίδιονσφιγγίδιον, τό, Dim. of σφίγξ, small sphinx (as an ornament), IG 22.1467.21 (pl.).

sfiggion
σφιγγίονσφιγγίον, τό, bracelet or necklace, Luc.Apol.1. a kind of ape, IG14.1302 (Praeneste, -ια perh. fem. sg.), Plin.HN6.173, 10.199.

sfiggokariwn
σφιγγοκαρίωνσφιγγο-κᾱρίων, ωνος, ὁ, title of play by Eubulus, Ath.3.80a.

sfiggopous
σφιγγόπουςσφιγγό-πους, ποδος, ὁ, ἡ, with sphinxes' feet, κλῖναι Callix.2; λιβανωτίς Inscr.Délos 1409 Aai 100 (ii B.C.).

sfiggw
σφίγγωσφίγγω, Emp.38.4, etc.: fut. σφίγξω AP12.208 (Strat.): aor. ἔσφιγξα Alex.31, AP10.75 (Pall.), etc.
Med., aor. ἐσφιγξάμην Hermesian.7.81, Nonn.D.15.247, al.
Pass., aor. ἐσφίγχθην AP6.331 (Gaet.), (ἀπ-) Hp.Mochl.35: pf. ἔσφιγμαι D.H.7.72, Luc.Musc. Enc.3; inf. ἐσφίγχθαι Demetr.Eloc.244, Philostr.VA2.13: plpf. συνέσφικτο Procop.Gaz. p.168B.
bind tight, bind fast: of the person or thing bound, ἄρασσε μᾶλλον, σφίγγε A.Pr.58; σφίγγετ᾽, ἀμαλλοδέται, τὰ δράγματα Theoc.10.44; κεκρύφαλοι ς. τεὴν τρίχα; AP5.259 (Paul. Sil.); κρημνᾷ ἑαυτὴν σφίγξασα ἐκ τοῦ τραχήλου Luc. Asin.24; ς. πύλας shut close, AP5.293.5 (Agath.); τόκους clutch, ib. 11.289 (Pall.); ς. τὴν φράσιν straiten, abridge, Plu.2.1011e, cf. Demetr.Eloc.244; πολλῷ χρόνῳ τὸν λόγον σφίγξαντες having severely restrained their utterance, Plu.2.6e
Pass., ἐσφίγγετο πέπλος ζωστῆρι Theoc.7.17; ς. ὑπὸ τοῦ βρόχου D.S.12.17; σφιγχθεὶς χέρας APl.4.198 (Maec.); ς. δράκοντι AP6.331 (Gaet.); οὐ κατὰ τοὺς σφῆκας πάνυ ἐσφιγμένοι Luc.Musc.Enc.3
also Med. (in act. sense), Hermesian.7.81, Nonn.D.13.11, al. of the thing used in binding, στραγγαλίδας ἐσφίγγετε you tied knots fast, i.e. raised all sorts of difficulties, Pherecr.21; ς. τὴν ἀγκύλην τῆς ἐμβάδος Alex.31; σφίγξω σοῖς περὶ ποσσὶ πέδην AP5.178 (Mel.); σφίγγουσα τὰ πρὸς τοῖς γόνασι (sc. σπάργανα) Sor.1.84; νεβρίδα στέρνοισι Nonn.D.1.36; πέπλα . . ἑῷ καρήνῳ Musae.252; σφιγχθεὶς στέφανος AP12.135 (Asclep.). bind or hold together, αἰθὴρ ς. περὶ κύκλον ἅπαντα Emp.38.4; ς. πάντα Pl.Ti.58a; ὁ ὠκεανὸς ς. τὴν οἰκουμένην Arist.Mu.393b9, cf. Melinno ap.Stob.3.7.12, AP5.293.20 (Agath.). tie up in a bundle, ἀργύριον LXX 4 Ki.12.10. tighten up, τὴν ἐκ τῆς μαλακῆς τρίψεως ἀραιότητα ς. Gal.6.91; of astringents, ib.477; σύες . . τοῖς ἄρρεσιν ἐμφερῶς ἐσφιγμέναι sows with firm flesh like boars, Sor.1.30; ὑπὸ τῆς ἐμφύτου θερμασίας ἀναχαλᾶται τῶν ἐσφιγμένων ἕκαστον Id.2.10. press together, πόδας . . κατὰ γαστέρος Batr.71; χεῖρας ib.88.

sfigkthr
σφιγκτήρσφιγκ-τήρ, ῆρος, ὁ, that which binds tight, lace, band, etc., κόμας σφιγκτῆρα . . κεκρύφαλον AP6.206 (Antip. Sid.); ς. δεσμός Nonn.D. 16.391. muscle closing an aperture which naturally remains in the state of contraction, AP12.7 (Strat.), Heliod. ap. Orib.44.23.55, Sor.1.16, Gal.UP4.19, Paul.Aeg.6.78. a Tarentine χιτών, prob. because laced tight to the body, Hsch.

sfigkths
σφίγκτηςσφίγκ-της, ου, ὁ, = κίναιδος, Cratin.446, Hsch.

sfigktos
σφιγκτόςσφιγκ-τός, ή, όν, tight-bound: of the person bound, AP5.229 (Paul. Sil.), 9.641 (Agath.). of the thing that binds, ς. στεφάνων ἀμφὶ κόμαισι μίτος ib.5.174 (Mel.); ς. μόρος death by strangling, Opp.H.3.590; ς. ἐπίδεσμοι Paul.Aeg.6.99 (Comp.). Adv. -τῶς Eust.1424.49: neut. pl. σφιγκτά as Adv., AP6.272 (Pers.).

sfigktwr
σφίγκτωρσφίγκ-τωρ, ορος, ὁ, poet. for σφιγκτήρ 1, ib.233 (Maec.).

sfigma
σφίγμασφίγμα, ατος, τό, jamming in a machine, Hero Aut.2.4.

sfikaw
σφικάωσφικάω, hum, buzz, of gnats, Anon. ap. Valck. Animadv. ad Ammon.p.175 V.

sfin
σφινσφιν, σφισι, σφισιν, v. σφεῖς. σφισίμολος: διαφορὰ τῆς κινήσεως, Hsch. σφογγιά, σφογγίον, σφόγγος, v. σπογγιά, σπογγίον, σπόγγος.

sfodeloforous
σφοδελοφόρουςσφοδελοφόρους: τοὺς μετοίκους, Hsch.

sfodelos
σφοδελόςσφοδελός, ὁ, = ἀσφόδελος, Ar.Fr.674, cf.Hdn.Gr.2.152; proparox. in Hsch. (σφοδελός and σποδελός were read by some in Hom., v. Hdn.Gr. l.c.)

sfodra
σφόδρασφόδρ-ᾰ, Adv., properly neut. pl. of σφοδρός, very much, exceedingly: with Verbs, ἐμήδιζον γὰρ ς. Hdt.9.17; ς. ἱμείρουσα S. El.1053; καὶ ς. πείθει persuades them too well, Id.Aj.150 (anap.); ς. λέγειν with vehemence, Antipho 6.15; ς. κολάζειν severely, Th.3.46; ς. ὁρίσασθαι exactly, Pl.Phdr.263d, cf. Phlb.58d, Phd.68a, 73a; ς. χαίρω I am exceedingly glad, POxy.41.17 (iii/iv A.D.). with Adjs., ς. ὑπέρτεροι far superior, Pi.N.4.37; μισόδημον ς. Ar.Fr.108; ς. ἄδικος Pl.R.361a; ἁλμυρὸν ς. Arist.Mete.359a13; κακοδαίμων ς. Antiph.56; ς. γενναῖος Men.223.14; πολλοῦ ς. at a very high price, very dear, Id.197; πολλοὶ ς. Bato 7.1; ἐνιαυτοὺς ς. ὀλίγους Men.481.6; χαρὰ μεγάλη ς. Ev.Matt.2.10
with Adjs. it most freq. follows, and in Com. Poets it usu. stands at the end of the verse. with a Subst., τὴν ς. φιλίαν Pl.Lg.731e; τινῶν ς. γυναικῶν very womanish women, ib.639b; τῆς ς. προθυμίας ib.952c; τῆς ς. μανίας Id.Phdr.251a; ἐν τοῖς ς. ψύχεσιν Arist.HA599a19. with other Advbs., ἐπάταξε πῶς οἴει ς. Ar.Ra.54; θαυμαστῶς ὡς ς., ἀμηχάνως ὡς ς., Pl.R.331a, Phdr.263d; μάλα ς. Id.Alc.1.124d; πάνυ ς. Ar.Pl.25, 745; ς. πάνυ Aeschin.2.36; πάνυ καὶ ς. Pl.Lg.627a; οὐ ς. not very much, Hp.Aër.15, Antiph.204.11, Pl.Phd.100a; οὕτω ς. ἦν ἀρχαῖος Antiph.273; οὕτω ς. ἐστὶ . . Βοιώτιος Eub.39. τὸ ς., = σφοδρότης, Pl.Smp.210b, al. σφόδρα, σφοδρῶς LXX Ge.7.19. ς. γε or καὶ ς. γε, in answers, strongly affirmative, freq. in Pl., πάνυ γε ς. Men.82b; πάνυ ς. ταῦτα λέγω Ap.25a.

sfodroomai
σφοδρόομαισφοδρ-όομαι, Pass., to be violent, of a wind, Ph.2.99 (v.l. for σφοδρυν-); of diseases, Gal.17 (2).509.

sfodros
σφοδρόςσφοδρ-ός, ά, όν, also ός, όν Pl.R.586c
vehement, violent, excessive (used by Hom. once in Adv., v. infr.), πόνος Hp.Aph.2.46; καῦμα, γυμνάσιον, Gal.15.39, 153; ἀγρυπνία Id.18(2) 33; σφυγμός Sor.2.27; μῖσος Th.1.103; λόγοι Com.Adesp.28D.; ἐπιθυμία Pl.Plt. 308a (Comp.); αἱ ς. ἡδοναί Id.Phlb.52c; ἀλγήματα τοῦ σώματος πάνυ ς. D.54.11; δίψος ς. PTeb.272.7 (ii A.D.); δίψα ς. Gal.16.564; -οτέρα ὁμοιότης Arist.Top.103a22; ταραχὴ-οτέρα Phld.D.1.12; -ότερος κίνδυνος Gal.16.686; τὸ ς. vehemence, excess, Pl.Phlb.52c. of men, violent, impetuous, νέος καὶ ς., ς. καὶ νέος, Id.Lg.698e, 839b; φιλότιμοι καὶ ς. Id.Ap.23e; ς. ἐφ᾽ ὅτι ὁρμήσειεν ib.21a; πρὸς τὸ πλεονεκτεῖν X.Cyr.2.2.25; also, active, zealous, ὑπηρέται ib.2.1.31; strong, robust, ἡ γεωργία ς. τὸ σῶμα παρέχει Id.Oec.5.5. Adv. -ῶς vehemently, etc., μάλα ς. ἐλάαν Od.12.124; πάνυ ς. X.Oec.1.21; alone, ib.5.4,13, Pl.Ap.23e, Ti.43d, Arist.Cat.8b22; ς. χειμαζομένων Act.Ap.27.18; θερμαίνοντες ἢ ψύχοντες ς. Gal.15.63; but in Att. σφόδρα (q.v.) is the common Adv.: Comp. -ότερον LXX 4 Ma. 5.32, Gal.15.126; -οτέρως Thphr.CP5.9.13, 5.10.1, Phld.Piet.76: Sup. -ότατον X.Eq.12.13.

sfodroths
σφοδρότηςσφοδρ-ότης, ητος, ἡ, vehemence, violence, Id.HG7.2.23, Pl.Plt.306e; ἡ ς. δὲ θηρός is the quality of a beast, Alex.245.12; ἡ τοῦ πυρετοῦ ς. Gal.16.534: in pl., Pl.Lg.733b; πάγων σφοδρότητες Thphr.CP5.12.2.

sfodrunw
σφοδρύνωσφοδρ-ύνω, make vehement, intensify, Ph.1.355, Porph.in Harm.p.238W.
Pass., to be or become so, σφοδρύνει γ᾽ ἀσθενεῖ σοφίσματι thou puttest overweening trust in . . , A.Pr.1011; ποιότητες σφοδρυνόμεναι, opp. μαραινόμεναι, Plu.2.732c; νόσοι οὐκ ἄγαν σφοδρυνθεῖσαι Gal.19.563, cf. 17(1).207; πόνος (pain) σφοδρυνόμενος Sor.2.21: also in aor. Med., Poll.4.25. intr. in Act . . ἄνεμος -ύνει Alex.Aphr.Pr.1.73.

sfoggia
σπογγιάσπογγ-ιά (also σφογγιά, Ar.Ra.482,487), Ion. σπογγιή, ἡ,= σπόγγος, sponge, Ar. ll.cc., Arist.HA616a24, Aret.SD1.10; σπογγιᾶς μαλακώτερον τὸ πρόσωπον Com.Adesp.125; σπογγιᾶς ἔπαινος, said of a toper, Aeschin.2.112. (οἱ Ἀττικοὶ τὴν σπογγίαν σπογγιάν (καλοῦσι) Greg.Cor.p.148 S., cf. Suid.)

sfoggos
σπόγγοςσπόγγος, ὁ, sponge, ς. πολυτρήτο<*>σι τραπέζας ϝίζον Od.1.111, cf. 22.439; σπόγγῳ ἀμφὶ πρόσωπα καὶ ἄμφω χεῖρ᾽ ἀπομόργνυ Il.18.414; ὑγρώσσων ς. ὤλεσεν γραφήν A.Ag.1329; used at the bath, Ar.Fr.55, Crates Com.15.7; for cleaning shoes. Ar.V.600 (cf. σπογγίζω); cf. Arist.HA487b9, 588b20, Ev.Matt.27.48, etc. any spongy substance, σικυώνης ς. Hp.Steril.221; οἱ ς. the glands in the throat, tonsils, from their spongy nature and liability to swell, Id.Epid.4.7, Gal.19.140. = νήριον, Ps.-Dsc.4.81. (σφόγγος is found in IG11 (2). 144 A 37 (Delos, iv B.C.), PSI6.558.7 (iii B.C.), POxy.1384.25 (V A.D.); cf. σπογγιά, σπογγίον.)

sfonduleion
σφονδύλιονσφονδύλ-ιον [ῠ], τό, Dim. (in form only) of σφόνδυλος, Il.20.483 (pl.), Antim.65. cow-parsnip, Heracleum sphondylium, Dsc.3.76; σφονδύλειον [ῡ], Nic. Th.948; σπονδύλιον, Sor.1.63, Gal.14.180; spondylium, Plin. HN12.128. = κόκκυξ IV, Poll.2.182.

sfondulh
σφονδύλησφονδύλ-η [ῡ], ἡ, an insect which lives on the roots of plants, prob. a kind of beetle, which has a strong smell when attacked, Ar. Pax1078(hex.), cf. Arist.HA542a10(v.l. σπονδύλη), 604b19, Thphr. HP9.14.3. σπονδύλη: ἡ γαλῆ παρ᾽ Ἀττικοῖς, Hsch.

sfondulis
σφονδυλίςσφονδυλ-ίς, ίδος, ἡ, = σφονδύλιον 11, Ps.- Dsc.3.76.

sfonduliwn
σφονδυλίωνσφονδυλ-ίων μυελός, ὁ, spinal marrow (suggested by a misunderstanding of Il.20.483), Poll.2.130.

sfondulodinhtos
σφονδυλοδίνητοςσφονδῠλο-δίνητος [ῑ], ον, twirled by the spindle's whorl, νῆμα AP 6.247 (Phil.).

sfonduloeis
σφονδυλόειςσφονδῠλό-εις, εσσα, εν, composed of vertebrae, τράχηλος Man.1.319.

sfondulomantis
σφονδυλόμαντιςσφονδῠλό-μαντις, εως, ὁ, ἡ, prophesying from the spindle, Poll.7.188.

sfondulos
σφόνδυλοςσφόνδῠλ-ος, ὁ (ἡ, v. infr. 1b), Ion. and later Greek σπόνδῠλος (as in Hp. (v. infr.), Str.2.5.6, also in Pherecr.23 (codd.Clem.Al.), and some passages of Arist., asPA654b16)
vertebra, Ar.V.1489(anap.), Pl.Ti.74a; σύγκειται ἡ ῥάχις ἐκ σφονδύλων Arist.HA516a11, cf. PA 651b34; esp. one of the cervical vertebrae, Hp.Aph.3.26, cf. Arist. PA686a21, 692a3: pl., backbone, spine, E.Ph.1413 (so in sg., Pherecr.23); or neck, E.El.841 (so in sg., LXX Le.5.8). generally, joint, esp. in the scorpion's tail, Nic.Th.798 (where it is fem.), 781, Hipparch.3.4.2. prickly ridge on the head of the κεστρεύς, Dorio ap.Ath.7.306f. a kind of mussel or oyster, Sor. 1.51, Gal.6.734; ς. θαλάσσιοι Edict.Diocl.5.10; Lat.spondylus, Plin. HN32.60,154. from resemblance to vertebrae, one of the tambours in a column, Callix.1 (σπ-), Milet.7.59, al. (Didyma), IG22.1668.43, 1672.310; not necessarily round, ib.11 (2). 161 A70 (Delos, iii B.C.); ς. μεγάλοι perh. drums of columns used as missiles, Ath.Mech.37.7. circular whorl which balances and twirls a spindle, Pl.R.616c sq., Thphr.HP3.16.4, Plu.2.745f, Sor. 1.110, Poll.7.31, Edict.Diocl.13.5; σπόνδυλος Poll.10.125 (v.l. σφ-), Them.Or.32.356c. the shape of that part of the terrestrial sphere which lies between the Equator and the Arctic Circle, Str.2.5.6. voting pebble, Poll.8.17 (v.l. σπ-), Hsch., Eust.1669.62. head of a kind of artichoke (κινάρα), Gal.6.637, Gp.18.19.2, Edict.Diocl.6.2. roller for closing or opening a trap-door, σπονδύλου προϋποτιθεμένου Aen. Tact.36.2.

sfondulwdhs
σφονδυλώδηςσφονδῠλ-ώδης, ες, like vertebrae, in form σπονδ-, Sch.Il.5.586.

sfortan
σφορτάνσφορτάν: λιμόν, Hsch.

sfos
σφόςσφός, σφή, σφόν, their, their own, belonging to them, Il.1.534, Sapph. 10, Pi.P.5.102, etc. (never in Att.). in post-Hom. Poets also, his or her, his own or her own, Hes.Th.398, Alcm.56A, Thgn. 712, Call.Aet.Oxy.2080.75. = σός, Orph.L.168. = ἐμός, CR11.136 (Phrygia, metr.). = σφωΐτερος, your (in addressing a pair), v.l. in Il.11.142. (σφός is to σφε, σφέτερος as Ἡμός (ἁμός) to ἁμέ, ἡμέτερος.)

sfragidion
σφραγίδιονσφρᾱγίδιον [ῑδ], τό, Dim. of σφραγίς, signet, Ar.Th.427, Thphr. Lap.18, IG22.1544.25, 11(2).161 B43, al. (Delos, iii B.C.), POsl.46.18 (iii A.D.).

sfragidofulac
σφραγιδοφυλάκιονσφρᾱγῑδο-φῠλάκιον [ᾰκ], τό, ring- or jewel-box, Harp., Phot. s.v. πυελίδα: so also σφρᾱγῑδο-φύλαξ, ᾰκος, ὁ, AB295, Hsch. and Phot. s.v. πυελίς.

sfragidonuxargokomhths
σφραγιδονυχαργοκομήτηςσφρᾱγῑδ-ονῠχ-αργο-κομήτης, ου, ὁ, Comic name for a coxcomb, lazy long-haired fop with his rings and natty nails, Ar.Nu.332.

sfragis
σφραγίςσφρᾱγ-ίς, Ion.σφρηγίς, ῖδος, ἡ: Aeol. acc. σφρᾶγιν Choerob. in Theod.1.327 H. (v.l. σφράγιν), Eust.265.18
seal, signet, Hdt.1.195, 3.41, PHib.1.72.19 (iii B.C.), Numen. ap. Eus.PE14.7, etc.; distd. from δακτύλιος, Ar.Fr.320.12, Pl.Hp.Mi.368c; ς. ἐπιβάλλειν Ar.Av.560 (anap.), Th.415; τῶν σφραγῖδας ἐχόντων, i.e. fops, Id.Ec. 632 (anap.); ἔχων . . σφραγῖδα καὶ μεμυρισμένος Antiph.190.2; of the public seal of a state, [ὁ ἐπιστάτης] τηρεῖ τὴν δημοσίαν ς. Arist.Ath. 44.1, cf.IG22.204.40, Str.9.3.1; τὸν στρατηγὸν καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς ς. keeper of the privy seal, IGRom.4.1712 (Samos, ii B.C.). gem or stone for a ring, Hdt.7.69, cf. Arist.Mete.387b17, Thphr.Lap.44; τὰς τῶν δακτυλίων ς. Arist.Aud.801b4; ς. ἴασπις χρυσοῦν δακτύλιον ἔχουσα IG22.1388.87; ς. ὑάλιναι ib.90. generally, gem, κιθάραν . . σφραγῖσι . . κατακεκοσμημένην Luc.Ind.8. impression of a signet-ring, seal, ς. δακτυλίου Lex Solonis ap.D.L.1.57; σφραγῖδος ἕρκος S.Tr.615, cf. El.1223, E.IA155 (anap.), Th.1.129; παρασημήνασθαι σασθαι ς. to counterfeit it, ib.132; warrant attached to a camel, οἴσομεν ὑμῖν τὴν ς. καὶ οὐδὲν ζητηθήσεται πρὸς ἡμᾶς PBasel2.11 (ii A.D.): metaph., σφρηγὶς ἐπικείσθω τοῖσδ᾽ ἔπεσιν, as a warrant, Thgn.19; but ἀρρήτων ἐπέων γλώσσῃ ς. ἐπικείσθω (for secrecy) Luc.Epigr.11; ς. δ᾽ ἡμετέρης γλώττης ἐπὶ τοῖσδεσι κεῖται Critias 5; διάτορον σφραγῖδα θραύων στόματος Tim.Pers.160; ἔχεις κόσμου σφρηγῖδα τυπῶτιν, of the Creator, Orph.H.34.26. cf. 64.2; ὁρκίζω σφραγῖδα (σφρακ- pap.) θεοῦ, ὅπερ ἐστὶν ὅρασις PMag.Berol.1.306; drawing, γράφε χαλκῷ γραφίῳ τὴν ὑποκειμένην ς. τοῦ ζῳδίου PMag. Osl. 1.39. any mark, as the spots on a leopard, Opp.C.2.299: v. σφηρός. wound, blow, Lyc.780. tablet of Lemnian medicinal earth certified as such by bearing the impression of the seal of the Lemnian priestess of Artemis, Dsc.5.97; ς. Λημνία Id.Alex.Prooem., Gal.12.169, Aret.CA2.2, so prob. in Archig. ap. Orib.44.26.11, 51.42.5. governmentally defined and numbered area of land (including plots belonging to different owners) in Egypt, POxy.918ii 8 (ii A.D.), PFay.339 (ii A.D.), BGU831.6 (iii A.D.), PHamb.12.2 (iii A.D.), Sammelb.4325 ii 4 (iii A.D.). registered holding of land, PTeb.105.13, al. (ii B.C.), PLond.3.880.20 (ii B.C.), PAmh.2.87,90 (ii A.D.), etc. numbered area on a worldmap, Eratosth. ap. Str.2.1.22, al.: pl., 11.12.5. Medic., pastille, ἡ Πολυείδου ς. Gal.13.834, Paul.Aeg.7.12, cf. Cels.5.20.2, al. Πακκίου ς., Paccius's brand, name of an eye-salve, Gal.12.751; eye-salves were certified by their makers by a seal-impression, e.g. D. Galli Sesti sfragis ad aspritudines, CIL13.10021.76 (Gaul).

sfragisma
σφράγισμασφρᾱ´γ-ισμα, ατος, τό, impression of a signet-ring, seal, E.Hipp.864, X.HG1.4.3; μοχλοῖς καὶ διὰ σφραγισμάτων σῴζειν δάμαρτα with bars and seals affixed to the door, E.Fr.1063.9.

sfragismos
σφραγισμόςσφρᾱγ-ισμός, ὁ, sealing, PAmh.2.41.13 (ii B.C.); μόσχου Wilcken Chr.88.7 (iii A.D.); πιττακίου OGI674.22 (Coptos, i A.D.). seal, ἀκολούθως τῷ ἐπισταλέντι ἐπὶ σφραγισμῶν χρηματισμῷ Mitteis Chr.217.7 (ii A.D.).

sfragisthr
σφραγιστήρσφρᾱγ-ιστήρ, ῆρος, ὁ, sealer, i.e. sealring, signet, Nicom.Ar.1.23, D.L.7.50.

sfragisthrion
σφραγιστήριονσφρᾱγ-ιστήριον, τό, seal, stamp, PLond.5.1657.13 (iv/v A.D.); = signaculum, signatorium, Gloss.

sfragisths
σφραγιστήςσφρᾱγ-ιστής, οῦ, ὁ, sealer, title of Egyptian priests who sealed the victim before sacrifice, Plu.2.363b (cf. μοσχοσφραγιστής): also, witness who seals a will, BGU361 iii 13 (ii A.D., pl.).

sfragistos
σφραγιστόςσφρᾱγ-ιστός, ή, όν, stamped with the public seal, μέτρον IG22.1013.67. marked, καμήλους πέντε σφραγιστούς BGU869.11 (cf. iii p.7, ii A.D.).

sfragizw
σφραγίζωσφρᾱγ-ίζω, Ion. σφρηγίζω, close or enclose with a seal, σφραγίζεις λύεις τ᾽ ὀπίσω . . πεύκην ( = δέλτον) E.IA38 (anap.); ταβέλλας PHamb. 29.23 (i A.D.); τὸ σιτάριον BGU249.21 (i A.D.)
Med., τὸν θησαυρόν PAmh.2.41.7 (ii B.C.); μόνη δὲ κλῇθρ᾽ ἐγὼ σφραγίζομαι E.Fr.781.10; -ισάμενος τὸν ναὸν ἐκέλευσε σφραγίσαι τῷ τοῦ βασιλέως δακτυλίῳ LXX Bel.14; [τὸ ταμιεῖον] -ισάμενος εἴσω τὸν δακτύλιον διὰ τῆς ὀπῆς ἐρρίπτει D.L.4.59; δεῖγμα σφραγισάσθω let him seal up with his seal a sample (of the corn), PHib.1.39.15 (iii B.C.)
Pass., ἐν ᾧ [δώματι] κεραυνός ἐστιν ἐσφραγισμένος A.Eu.828; ἐσφράγισται ἐν τοῖς θησαυροῖς μου LXX De.32.34; οὐ δύναμαι ἀναγνῶναι [τὸ βιβλίον]: ἐσφράγισται γάρ ib.Is.29.11; θυλάκιον ἐσφραγισμένον PCair.Zen.69.6 (iii B.C.); ἐσφραγίσθη γῇ λευκῇ POxy.929.13 (ii/iii A.D.). authenticate a document with a seal, IG9(1).61.78,95 (Daulis, ii B.C.)
Med., ib. 61.41; ἵνα μὴ κυριεύσας (sc. τῆς σφραγῖδος) κοινὴν ἐπιστολὴν κατὰ πάντων γράψας σφραγίσηται αὐτῇ τῇ σφραγῖδι PHib.1.72.19 (iii B.C.); ἐξαποστεῖλαι εἰς Ῥόδον τοῦδε τοῦ ψηφίσματος ἀντίγραφον, σφραγισαμένους τῇ δημοσίᾳ σφραγῖδι IG12(5).833.14 (Tenos, ii B.C.), cf. 835.31, al., 11(4).1065b28 (Delos(?), ii B.C.); τὸ βιβλίον τῆς κτήσεως τὸ ἐσφραγισμένον LXX Je.39(32).11; τὴν παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως διὰ τῆς θυρίδος ἐσφραγισμένην . . <ἔντευξιν> UPZ53.5 (ii B.C.). certify an object after examination by attaching a seal (cf. Hdt.2.38), μέτροις . . ἐξητασμένοις καὶ ἐσφραγισμένοις ὑπὸ τοῦ οἰκονόμου PRev.Laws 25.10 (iii B.C.); ἐπεθεώρησα μόσχον ἕνα . . καὶ δοκιμάσας ἐσφράγισα ὡς ἔστιν καθαρός Wilcken Chr.89.5 (ii A.D.); cf. σφραγίς 11.1. Med., seal an article to show that it is pledged, ἐγγύην ς. Plu.Pomp. 5, Arr.Epict.2.13.7: abs., make an impression with a seal for any purpose, καθάπερ οἱ σφραγιζόμενοι τοῖς δακτυλίοις Arist.Mem.450a32. metaph. senses: close up as if with a seal, in Pass., ἐσφραγισμένην ἀκριβῶς οὐλήν a fully closed cicatrix, Gal.12.215
Med., οὓς . . ἀφθόγγων στομάτων σφρηγίσσατο δεσμῷ, i.e. made them mute, Nonn.D.26.261. accredit as an envoy, etc., τινα Ev.Jo. 6.27
Med., ὁ χρίσας ἡμᾶς θεός, καὶ -ισάμενος ἡμᾶς 2 Ep.Cor.1.22. set a seal of approval upon, confirm, AP9.236 (Loll.); ς. ὅτι . . Ev.Jo.3.33
freq. in Med., ς. ποιητικαῖς φωναῖς S.E.M.1.271; ς. αὐτοῖς τὸν καρπόν assure them of it, Ep.Rom.15.28. generally, mark, ψάμμος . . νῶτον οὐκ ἐσφράγισεν the sand never marked his back, i.e. he never fell in the sand, APl.3.25 (Phil.); δεινοῖς . . σημάντροισιν ἐσφραγισμένοι, of wounded persons, E.IT1372; σφραγιζομένη γελασίνοις marked with dimples, AP5.34 (Rufin.); καμήλους ἐσφραγισμένας εἰς τὸν δεξιὸν μηρὸν νῦ καὶ ἦτα BGU87.12,26 (ii A.D.). set an end or limit to, σφραγίσαι ἁμαρτίας Thd.Da. 9.24 (σπανίσαι LXX)
Med., Ῥώμην ἀνερχομένῳ σφράγισαι ἠελίῳ AP 9.297 (Antip.); πάντα δι᾽ ἀλλήλων ὁ πολὺς σφραγίζεται αἰών, i.e. the death of one creature is the birth of another, Archelaus ap.Antig. Mir.89.

sfragmos
σφραγμόςσφραγμός, ὁ, = φραγμός, τοὺς ς. PGiss.56.12 (vi A.D.).

sfrhgis
σφρηγίζωσφρηγίζω, σφρηγίς, Ion.for σφραγ-. σφριαί: ἀπειλαί, ὀργαί, Hsch.

sfriganos
σφριγανόςσφρῐγ-ᾰνός, ή, όν, plump, fresh, Hp. ap. Tim.Lex.; σφριγανωτέρα ὄμφακος ὠμᾶς v.l. in Theoc.11.21; = ἰσχυρὸς καὶ στερεός, Sch.A.R. 3.1258; puffy, ὁ ὠχρὸς ς. ἐστι ταῖς σαρξὶ καὶ περίκομος Poll.4.137.

sfrigaw
σφριγάωσφρῐγ-άω [v. fin.], to be full to bursting, to be plump, esp. of a woman's breasts, Hp.Mul.1.71; οὔθατα ς. Poll.1.250: then, generally, of young persons, high-fed horses, etc., to be fresh, vigorous, in full health and strength, νέῳ τε καὶ σφριγῶντι σώματι E.Andr.196; εὐσωματεῖ καὶ σφριγᾷ Ar.Nu.799; σφριγᾷ τὸ σῶμά σου Id.Lys.80; τὰ σώματα σφριγῶντες Pl.Lg.840b; ἥβῃ σφριγῶντες Achae.4; οἱ μύες (muscles) σφριγῶντες, ὡς ἂν εἴποι τις Archig. ap. Gal. 8.91; of animals, σφριγῶσα ἡμίονος Eust.1322.34; βόες τὸν αὐχένα σφριγῶντες Hld.3.1; of trees, δένδρα σφριγῶντα νέοις κλωσίν luxuriant, Luc.Am.12; βότρυες σφριγῶντες D.Chr.7.75; εὐδίᾳ καὶ γαλήνῃ ς. Ph.1.14. metaph., full-blooded, swollen with passion or pride, σφριγῶντα θυμόν A.Pr.382; μῦθον E.Supp.478. swell with desire, be at heat, Opp.C.3.368; τῶν σφριγώντων ἐν λόγοις Com.Adesp. 276: c. inf., Ael.NA14.5. Chiefly used in the pres. part. [In Opp. l.c., for σφρῑγᾷ Lobeck conjectured σφρῐγάᾳ.]

sfrigos
σφρίγοςσφρῐ´γ-ος, εος, τό, full strength, σφρίγει βραχιόνων Hermipp.58.

sfrigwdhs
σφριγώδηςσφρῐγ-ώδης, ες, swollen, μαστοί Orib.9.51.2.

sfuc
σφύξσφύξ, sine expl., Theognost.Can.132: σφ]ύγα φυσαλέαν inflated pulse, dub. in Cerc.6.15.

sfucis
σφύξιςσφύξις, εως, ἡ, = σφυγμός 2, Arist.Resp.480a14, GA781a25.

sfudow
σφυδόωσφῠδόω, to be in full health or vigour, σφυδῶν: εὔρωστος, ἰσχυρός, σκληρός, Hsch., cf. διασφυδόω
Pass., δειπνοῦσιν ἐσφυδωμένοι τἀλλότρια they sup even to bursting, Timocl.29; cf. σφυρόομαι.

sfudron
σφυδρόνσφυδρόν, τό, = σφυρόν, Act.Ap.3.7 (v.l. σφυρά), PFlor.391.53,56 (iii A.D.): = circumtallum, Gloss.: σφυδρά: ἡ περιφέρεια τῶν ποδῶν, Hsch.

sfugmatwdhs
σφυγματώδηςσφυγ-μᾰτώδης, ες, throbbing, Hp.Art.40 (as v.l. for σφυγμῶδες), Pl.Ax.368d, Plu.2.1088d, Sor.2.10. Adv. -δῶς Gal.5.157.

sfugmikos
σφυγμικόςσφυγ-μικός, ή, όν, of the pulse, Id.9.4, al. Adv. -κῶς Ruf.Anat.4.

sfugmologew
σφυγμολογέωσφυγμολογέω, infer from the pulse, Steph. in Hp.1.74D., Pall. in Hp.2.112, 113 D.

sfugmos
σφυγμόςσφυγ-μός, ὁ, throbbing of inflamed parts, Hp.Aph.7.21, Plu.2.581f. beating of the heart, and, generally, of an artery or vein, pulsation, Hp.Loc.Hom.3, al., Arist.Spir.482b15, Resp.479b19, al., Gal.6.149, 8.453-765; τῶν ς. ἅψασθαι Id.19.207: metaph. of a vibration of the earth, οἷον ς. Arist.Mete.366b15, cf. Plu.Alex.35. metaph., οἷον ἐν ς. γενομένης τῆς ψυχῆς Id.Cor.21; unhealthy excitement, Diog.Oen.57: pl., Plu.2.565d.

sfugmwdhs
σφυγμώδηςσφυγ-μώδης, ες, like the pulse, Arist.Spir.483a11, v.l. in Hp.Art.40. Adv. -δῶς Anon.Lond.29.6, Gal.10.334.

sfura
σφῦρασφῦρᾰ, ἡ, hammer, Od.3.434, A.Fr.307, Hdt.1.68, Cratin.87(hex.), Arist.GA789b11. beetle, mallet, for breaking clods of earth, Hes.Op.425, Ar.Pax 566. balk between the furrows of ploughed land, Poll.7.145. a land measure, IG9(1).61.39 (Daulis, ii A.D.), Hsch. s.v. ὁμόσφυρος. a fish, = κέστρα, Id.

sfuraina
σφύραινασφύραινα, ἡ, a sea-fish, of two sorts acc. to Opp.H.1.172: the bicuda, Sphyraena spet; = Att. κέστρα, Stratt.28, Antiph.97, Arist.HA610b5. [ῡ, Opp.l.c., but Stratt. l.c. has σφῠρ-.]

sfuraqia
σπύραθοςσπύρᾰθ-ος [ῠ], ὁ or ἡ,= σπυράς, only in pl., Hp.Nat.Mul.32, 34, Dsc.2.80; so σπυρᾰ´θ-ιον, τό, prob. cj. for σπυρίθιον in Id.Ther.19 (pl.); σφυραθία, ἡ, Poll.5.91: also σπύρδαρα ibid. (v.l. -δανα).

sfuraqia
σφυραθίασφυραθία, v. σπύραθος.

sfuras
σπυράςσπῠράς, Att. σφῠράς, άδος, ἡ, ball of dung, such as that of sheep or goats: hence in pl., σφυράδων ἀποκνίσματα scraps of sheep's or goats' dung, Ar.Pax790, cf. Sch., Hsch.s.v. σφυράδες. Medic., pill, τρεῖς σπυράδας Hp.Mul.2.147.—Cf. σπύραθος.

sfuras
σφυράςσφῠράς, Att. for σπυράς.

sfurhdon
σφυρηδόνσφῡρ-ηδόν, Adv. like a hammer, ς. τῇ δεξιᾷ πλήξας Philostr.Gym. 20.

sfurhlatew
σφυρηλατέωσφῡρ-ηλᾰτέω, work with the hammer, Ph.1.247.

sfurhlatos
σφυρήλατοςσφῡρ-ήλᾰτος, ον, (σφῦρα, ἐλαύνω) wrought with the hammer, σίδηρος, πέδαι, A.Th.816, Pers.747 (troch.). of statues, opp. to those of cast metal (χωνευτά(, εἰκὼ χρυσέην ς. ἐποιήσατο Hdt.7.69; Παλλὰς χρυσῆ ς. AP14.2, cf. Str.8.6.20, D.S.18.26, etc.; ς. οἷα κολοσσός Theoc.22.47, cf. Epigr. ap. Phot. s.v. Κυψελιδῶν ἀνάθημα; ς. ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ στάθητι Pl.Phdr.236b. metaph., wrought as of iron, ς. ἀνάγκαι Pi.Fr.207; ς. φιλία Plu.2.65b; ς. νοῦς, like Homer's πυκινὸς νόος, ib.408e,511b; ς. λόγος Luc.Dem.Enc.14.

sfurhmata
σφυρήματασφῡρ-ήματα: τὰ σιδήρια, ὅτι οὐ χεῖται, Hsch.

sfuridin
σφυρίδιονσφῠρίδιον [ῐδ], τό, = σπυρίδιον (q.v.): written σφῡρ-ίδιν, POxy.529.5 (ii A.D.), etc.; σφῡρ-ίδον, PRyl.382 (ii A.D.).

sfuridion
σπυρίδιονσπῠρίδιον [ῐδ], τό, Dim. of σπυρίς, Ar.Ach.453,469, Pherecr.52, PSI4.428.26 (iii B.C.): later σφῠρίδιον, Arch.Pap.6.220 (iii B.C.), PTeb.120.77 (i B.C.).

sfuridoforos
σφυριδοφόροςσφῠρῐδοφόρος, ον, basket-carrying, παιδάρια BGU1518 (iii B.C.).

sfurion
σφυρίονσφῠρίον, τό, = σφυρίδιον, POxy.1658.6 (iv A.D.), etc.

sfurion
σφυρίονσφῡρίον, τό, also proparox. σφύριον, Dim. of σφῦρα, small hammer, mallet, Thphr.HP5.7.8, PCair.Zen.759 (iii B.C.), Ph.Bel.65.40, Heliod. ap. Orib.46.11.28.

sfuris
σπυρίςσπῠρίς, ίδος, ἡ; also σφυρίς, Hp.Art.78 (v.l. σπυρίς), IG11 (2). 287 A 43 (Delos, iii B.C.), PCair.Zen.754.15 (iii B.C.), PTeb.796.7 (ii B.C.), IG12(5).663.15, al. (Syros, ii A.D.), Sammelb.4425 iii 9 (ii A.D.), v.l. in Ev.Matt.15.37, al.
large basket, creel, Hdt.5.16, Ar.Pax1005, Frr.415,545, Antiph.34, Ev.Matt. l.c., etc.; ς. σίτων PTeb. l.c.; used for transport of money, UPZ112v18 (ii B.C.); ταῖς φιάλαις IG11(2) l.c. used to translate the Lat.sportula, σπυρίσι δειπνίσαι Arr.Epict.4.10.21; τὸ ἀπὸ σπυρίδος δεῖπνον, cena e sportula, Ath.8.365a; σφυρίδος δηνάρια πέντε IG12(5) l.c.