σφαιρικός
ή, όν, Adv., τό
A.
globular, spherical, Placit. 1.14.2, al., Cleom. 1.1, al., Arist. PA 680b14 (v.l.), Ptol. Geog. 1.20.2. Adv. ‐κῶς like a globe, spherically, Arist. Mu. 393a1, Plu. 2.404f.
2.
ς. ἀριθμός, = ἀποκαταστατικὸς (q.v.) ἀριθμός, Nicom. Ar. 2.17, Theol.Ar. 48, cf. σφαιροειδής 1.2.
II.
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.
2.
concerning the celestial spheres, σφαιρικὰ . . [τέχνα] Ἀράτου IG 12(5).891.4 (Tenos); ὁ ς. λόγος the doctrine of the spheres, D.S. 4.27; so τὰ ς. AP 11.318 (Phld.), Porph. ap. Eus. PE 3.7, 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).
III.
ἡ ‐κή (sc. τέχνη), = ἡ σφαιριστική, Ath. 1.14e, 15c.
IV.
‐κόν,τό, name of an eye-salve, Gal. 12.784.