ball
Ancient Greek word, found 314 times in the texts on Socratos.
Homer, Odyssey 6.100: σφαίρῃ ταὶ δʼ ἄρʼ ἔπαιζον, ἀπὸ κρήδεμνα βαλοῦσαι·
Herodotus, Histories 1.94.3: … δίζησθαι, ἄλλον δὲ ἄλλο ἐπιμηχανᾶσθαι αὐτῶν. ἐξευρεθῆναι δὴ ὦν τότε καὶ τῶν κύβων καὶ τῶν ἀστραγάλων καὶ τῆς σφαίρης καὶ τῶν ἀλλέων πασέων παιγνιέων τὰ εἴδεα, πλὴν πεσσῶν τούτων γὰρ ὦν τὴν ἐξεύρεσιν οὐκ οἰκηιοῦνται Λυδοί.
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3.135: σφαῖραν ἐυτρόχαλον, τῆς οὐ σύγε μείλιον ἄλλο
All forms of σφαῖρα