σφαιρόω

A. make into a globule, πάπυρον Alex.Aphr. Pr. 1.93:— Pass., to be rounded, Dsc. 2.35, Antyll. ap. Orib. 7.9.2, Aret. SA 1.6, etc.; στήθεα δ’ ἐσφαίρωτο his chest was round and arched, Theoc. 22.46.

2. Pass., to be curled up in a ball, ψυχὴ ‐ωθεῖσα Ael. VH 3.11.

3. Pass., metaph., to be concentrated, Dam. Pr. 400.

II. in Pass. also of blunted weapons, ἐσφαιρωμένα ἀκόντια spears with buttons at the point, X. Eq. 8.10; γρόσφοι ‐ωμένοι Plb. 10.20.3; σιδήρια D.C. 71.29; opp. λελογχωμένον δόρυ, Arist. EN 1111a12.