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                    "dictionary": "Bailly",
                    "reference": "Bailly 2020 Hugo Chávez Gérard Gréco, André Charbonnet, Mark De Wilde, Bernard Maréchal & contributeurs \/ Licence Creative Commons Attribution - Pas d'Utilisation Commerciale - Pas de Modification — « CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 »",
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                    "description": "<b>σφαιρόω-ῶ :<br\/>      1<\/b> rendre sphérique, arrondir, A. APHR. <i>Probl. 1, 93 ; au pass<\/i>. devenir rond, ARÉT. <i>Caus. m. acut. 1, 6 ;<\/i> DIOSC. <i>2, 37 ;<\/i> GAL. <i>13, 314<\/i> d, <i>401<\/i> d ; STR. <i>809 ; d’où au pf. pass<\/i>. être rond, arrondi, THCR. <i>Idyl. 22, 46 ;<\/i> MÉD. <i>p. 132 b Matthäi ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> garnir d’un bouton, boutonner, moucheter (un fleuret, une arme, <i>etc<\/i>.) XÉN. <i>Eq. 8, 10 ;<\/i> ARSTT. <i>Nic. 3, 1, 17 ;<\/i> POL. <i>10, 20, 3 ;<\/i> DC. <i>71, 29<\/i>.<p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. σφαῖρα.<\/p>"
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                    "description": "<b>make into a globule<\/b>, πάπυρον Alex.Aphr. <i>Pr.<\/i> 1.93; — Pass., <b>to be rounded<\/b>, Dsc. 2.35, Antyll. ap. Orib. 7.9.2, Aret. <i>SA<\/i> 1.6, etc. ; στήθεα δ’ ἐσφαίρωτο his chest <b>was round and arched<\/b>, Theoc. 22.46. Pass., <b>to be curled up in a ball<\/b>, ψυχὴ σφαιρωθεῖσα Ael. <i>VH<\/i> 3.11. <i>Pass., metaph<\/i>, <b>to be concentrated<\/b>, Dam. <i>Pr.<\/i> 400. in Pass. also of blunted weapons, ἐσφαιρωμένα ἀκόντια spears <b>with buttons<\/b> at the point, X. <i>Eq.<\/i> 8.10; γρόσφοι ἐσφαιρωμένοι Plb. 10.20.3; σιδήρια D.C. 71.29; opp. λελογχωμένον δόρυ, Arist. <i>EN<\/i> 1111a12."
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                    "description": "<b>1)<\/b> <i>abrunden, rund wie eine Kugel machen<\/i>, pass. <i>sich runden, rund sein<\/i>, στήθεα δ' ἐσφαίρωτο, Theocr. 22.46.<br\/><b>2)<\/b> <i>eine Kugel, einen kugelrunden Ansatz, Knopf daraufsetzen<\/i>, ἀκόντια ἐσφαιρωμένα, <i>Spieße mit einem runden Knopfe statt der Spitze versehen<\/i>, Xen. <i>Equit<\/i>. 8.10 ; <font color='brown'>Ggstz λελογχωμένα<\/font>, Arist. <i>eth<\/i>. 3.1 ; γρόσφοι ἐσφαιρωμένοι, Pol. 10.20.3 ; σιδήρια, DC. 71.29."
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