spheristerionn.

Forms: Also spheristerium.

Etymology: < Greek σϕαιριστήριον, < σϕαῖρα ball.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: spheriˈsterion.

rare.

A place for exercise in ball-play. In quot. 1824 figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > [noun] > area for play

ball greenc1260

ball ground1440

ball court1671

spheristerion1764

Hong Kong1863

1764 R. Adam Ruins Palace Diocletian at Spalatro 11 On the other side of the Cella Media was a Spheristerium.., a room alotted for the different exercises of the ball.

1824 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. II. xvii. 339 What a spheristerion is opened here to the exercise of informers!

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	spheristerion
释义	spheristerionn. Forms: Also spheristerium. Etymology: < Greek σϕαιριστήριον, < σϕαῖρα ball.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: spheriˈsterion. rare. A place for exercise in ball-play. In quot. 1824 figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > [noun] > area for play ball greenc1260 ball ground1440 ball court1671 spheristerion1764 Hong Kong1863 1764 R. Adam Ruins Palace Diocletian at Spalatro 11 On the other side of the Cella Media was a Spheristerium.., a room alotted for the different exercises of the ball. 1824 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. II. xvii. 339 What a spheristerion is opened here to the exercise of informers! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1764
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