sfairikov" , hv, ovn , globular, spherical: ta; sfairikav the doctrine of the spheres, astronomy, Anth.
sfaivrisi"
sfaivrisi" , hJ , ( sfairivzw ) a playing at ball, Arist.
sfairisthvrion
sfairisthvrion , tov , ( sfairivzw ) a ball-court, Theophr.
sfairoeidhv"
sfairo-eidhv" , ev" , ( ei\do" ) ball-like, spherical, Plat .; sfairoeidev", tov , a rounded end ( cf. sfairovw II ), Xen
sfairopoievw
sfairo-poievw , f. hvsw , to make spherical, Strab.
sfairovw
sfairovw , f. wvsw , ( sfai`ra ) to make spherical: — Pass. to be rounded, sthvqea eJsfaivrwto his chest was round and arched, Theocr.
II. Pass ., also, ajkovntia ejsfairwmevna spears with buttons at the point, like our foils, Xen. , Arist. Hence sfairwtov"
sfairwtov"
sfairwtov" , hv, ovn , with a button at the end, Xen.
sfakelivzw
sfa±kelivzw , to be gangrened, ejsfakevlise to; ojstevon Hdt.
sfavkelo", SFA vKELOS
SFA vKELOS »a±1/4, oJ , gangrene: —generally, aspasm, convulsion, Aesch ., Eur. : metaph. , sf. ajnevmwn the convulsive fury of winds, Aesch.
sfalerov"
sfa±lerov" , av, ovn , ( sfavllw ) likely to make one stumble or trip: metaph. slippery, perilous, dangerous, Lat. lubricus , Hdt ., Eur. , etc. :— sfalerovn »ejsti1/4 , c. inf ., it is dangerous to. . , Plat. , etc.
II. ( sfavllomai ) ready to fall, tottering, reeling, staggering, Aesch ., Soph. ; sf. suvmmacoi Dem.
sfavllw
sfavllw (Root SFAL ): f. sfa±lw` : aor. I e[sfhla , Ep. sfh`la : pf. e[sfalka :— Pass. , f. 2 sfa±lhvsomai , inmed. form sfa±lou`mai : aor. 2 ejsfavlhn »a±1/4 : pf. e[sfalmai : 3 sing. plqpf. e[sfalto : Lat. fall-o (the " being lost):— to make to fall, throw down, overthrow, properly by tripping up, to trip up in wrestling, Hom ., Pind. , Eur. , etc. ; sf. nau`" to throw her on her beam-ends, Plut .; i{ppo" sf. to;n ajnaavthn throws him, Xen. :— Pass. to be tripped up, Ar .; of a drunken man, sfallovmeno" reeling, staggering, Id.
II. generally, to cause to fall, overthrow, defeat, Hdt ., Soph. , Thuc. :— Pass. to be overthrown, to fall, fail, be undone, become helpless, Hdt ., Att. ; tovdÆ ejsfavlh this mishap took place, Soph .; ou[ ti mh; sfalw` gÆ ejn soiv I shall not fail in thy business, Id.
III. to baffle, foil, balk, disappoint, Hdt ., Soph. :— Pass. to err, go wrong, be mistaken, Hdt ., Soph.