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1 αδρόσφαιρον
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2 ἁδρόσφαιρον
ἁδρόσφαιροςin large balls: masc /fem acc sgἁδρόσφαιροςin large balls: neut nom /voc /acc sg -
3 διγλήνως
δίγληνοςwith two eye-balls: adverbialδίγληνοςwith two eye-balls: masc /fem acc pl (doric) -
4 σφαῖρα
A ball, σφαίρῃ παίζειν play at ball, Od.6.100; σφαῖραν ἔρριψε ib. 115;σ. καλὴν μετὰ χερσὶν ἕλοντο 8.372
; σφαίρῃ ἀν' ἰθὺν πειρήσαντο ib. 377;ὥσπερ σφαῖραν ἐκδεξάμενος τὸν λόγον Pl.Euthd. 277b
; ῥαπτὴ ς. AP12.44 (Glauc.), cf. Nicom.Com.1.25, Antiph.234;διὰ σφαίρας.. ἐκπονῆσαι τὸ σῶμα Gal.6.134
, cf. Sor.1.49,93;ἡ διὰ τῆς σ. ὄρχησις Ath.1.14d
: metaph., σφαῖραν ἐποίησε τὴν οὐσίαν (cf. συστρογγύλλω) Alex.246.3: prov., σ. κατὰ πρανοῦς, of accelerating motion, Eust.249.1.2 any globe, Parm.8.43; sphere, as a geom. figure, Ti.Locr.95d, etc.; esp. the terrestrial globe, earth, Str.2.3.1; an artificial globe, Hermesian.7.88, Str.12.3.11.3 hollow sphere or globe: in the Ancient Physics, from the time of Anaximander (cf. Placit. 2.16.5), of the spheres believed to revolve round the earth carrying the heavenly bodies, and according to the Pythagoreans arranged after the intervals of the musical scale (cf. Alex.Eph. ap. Theon.Sm.p.139 H., Cic. de Rep.6.18), Arist.Metaph. 1073b18, Cael. 286b24, Mete. 341b20, 354b24, Thphr.Ign.4; σ. ἀπλανής, = ἡ τῶν ἀπλανῶν ς. the sphere of the fixed stars, Procl.Hyp.5.1; so ἡ ἀπλανής, without ς., ib.7.25; αἱ πλανώμεναι ς. planetary spheres, Plu.2.1028a; Astrol., ἡ ὀρθὴ ς. right sphere, i.e. the celestial sphere as viewed from the equator, Rhetorius in Cat.Cod.Astr.8(1).231.4 a weapon ofboxers, prob. iron ball, worn with padded covers ([etym.] ἐπίσφαιρα ) instead of boxing-gloves ([etym.] ἱμάντες ) in the σφαιρομαχίαι, Pl.Lg. 830b, cf. Plu. 2.80b.8 πλατάνου σφαῖραι, i.e. globular catkins, Dsc.4.73.9 as a quantitative measure,ἐπίβαλε.. φύκους στυπτηρίου ὡς σφαῖραν PHolm.16.32
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5 σφαῖρα
Grammatical information: f.Meaning: `sphere, ball, balls in a boxing-glove, globe' (Od.).Compounds: Compp., e.g. σφαιρο-ειδής `spherical' (IA.), ἐπί-σφαιρα n. pl. `leather coating of boxing-balls, boxing-gloves', also of the cover of the point of a sword (Plb., Plu.).Derivatives: 1. σφαιρ-ηδόν `like a ball, sphere' (Ν 204 a. o.) 2. - ίον dimin. (Pl. Ep., hell. a. late). 3. - εύς m. des. of young men in Sparta (after the boxing-gloves; Paus., inscr.; Bosshardt 75). 4. - ικός (Archyt., Arist. etc.; Chantraine Études 131 f.), - ειος (Arist.-comm.) `spherical'. 5. - ῖτις κυπάρισσος (Gal.; after the form of the fruits?, cf. Redard 77); *-ίτης ( ἄρτος) in Lat. spaerīta m. kind of cake (Cato; Leumann Sprache 1, 206 = Kl. Schr. 173). 6. - ών, - ῶνος m. `round fishing-net' (Opp.), 7. - ίζω ( ἀντι-, δια-, συν-) `to play at ball' (Att.; φαιρίδδειν σφαιρίζειν H.) with - ισις (Arist.), - ισμός (Artem.), - ισμα (Eust.) `ball-game', - ιστής `ball-player', - ιστικός `belonging to a ball-game', - ιστήριον `ball-court, -house', - ίστρα `id.' (hell. a. late). 8. - όομαι, - όω ( ἀπο-, δια-, ἐν-) `to be round, to round off, to provide with a round edge' (X., Arist., hell. a. late) with - ωμα `rounded body' (Arist. a.o.), - ωσις `sphere-formation' (late), - ωτήρ, - ῆρος m. "rounded object", `knob, bulb or such' (Tab. Heracl., hell. pap.); s. Solmsen IF 31, 492ff.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Formation like πεῖρα, σπεῖρα, μοῖρα a.o. (s. vv. w. lit.). -- No agreement outside Greek. If prop. referring to the quick movement of a ball, one could connect σφαῖρα to σπαίρω a. cognates; s. v. w. further lit. Attempts, to explains the variation σπ- σφαῖρα σφ-, in Hiersche Ten. aspiratae 196 f. [improbable] Cf. also σφῦρα, σφυρόν and σπύραθοι, σπυράδες [Pre-Greek]. -- From σφαῖρα Syr. êspērō, Aethiop. ṣpīr (Schwyzer 159 a. 161), Arm. sp`er̄ (from where Georg. spero; Bailey Trans. Phil. Soc. 1945, 28). On σφαῖρα in gen. s. Hommel Gymn. 56, 201 ff., S. Mendner Das Ballspiel im Leben der Völker (Münster 1956) 77ff. -- Connection with σπαίρω is improbable.Page in Frisk: 2,826-827Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > σφαῖρα
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6 μετα-σφαιρισμός
μετα-σφαιρισμός, ὁ, das Werfen des Balls nach einer andern Seite hin, Sp.
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7 γογγυλάτης
γογγυλάτηςhurling balls of fire: masc nom sg -
8 διγλήνους
δίγληνοςwith two eye-balls: masc /fem acc pl -
9 εριγλήνους
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10 ἐριγλήνους
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11 ερίγληνοι
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12 ἐρίγληνοι
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13 γογγυλάτης
A hurling balls of fire, Lyc.435.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > γογγυλάτης
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14 δίγληνος
δί-γληνος, ον,A with two eye-balls, Theoc.Ep.6.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > δίγληνος
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15 κύκλος
Aκύκλα Il.
, etc., v. infr.11.1, 3,9, 111.1:—ring, circle, ὅπποτέ μιν δόλιον περὶ κύκλον ἄγωσιν, of the circle which hunters draw round their game, Od.4.792; κ. δέκα χάλκεοι (concentric) circles of brass on a round shield, Il.11.33, cf. 20.280; but ἀσπίδος κύκλον λέγω the round shield itself, A.Th. 489, cf. 496, 591.2 Adverbial usages, κύκλῳ in a circle or ring, round about,κ. ἁπάντῃ Od.8.278
;κ. πάντῃ X.An.3.1.2
;πανταχῇ D.4.9
;τὸ κ. πέδον Pi.O.10(11).46
;κ. περιάγειν Hdt.4.180
;λίμνη.. ἐργασμένη εὖ κ. Id.2.170
;τρέχειν κ. Ar.Th. 662
;περιέπλεον αὐτοὺς κ. Th.2.84
;οἱ κ. βασιλεῖς X.Cyr.7.2.23
; ἡ κ. περιφορά, κίνησις, Pl.Lg. 747a, Alex. Aphr.in Top.218.3: freq. with περί or words compounded there with, round about,κ. πέριξ A.Pers. 368
, 418;περιστῆναι κ. Hdt.1.43
;βωμὸν κ. περιστῆναι A.Fr. 379
;ἀμφιχανὼν κ. S.Ant. 118
(lyr.);περιστεφῆ κ. Id.El. 895
;περισταδὸν κ. E.Andr. 1137
;κ. περιϊέναι Pl.Phd. 72b
, etc.;τοῦ φλοιοῦ περιαιρεθέντος κ. Thphr.HP4.15.1
; so κ. περὶ αὐτήν round about it, Hdt.1.185;περὶ τὰ δώματα κ. Id.2.62
; also κύκλῳ c. acc., withoutπερί, ἐπιστήσαντες κ. σῆμα Id.4.72
;πάντα τὸν τόπον τοῦτον κ. D.4.4
: c.gen.,κ. τοῦ στρατοπέδου X.Cyr.4.5.5
;τὰ κ. τῆς Ἀττικῆς D.18.96
, cf. PFay. 110.7 (i A.D.), etc.: metaph., around or from all sides, S.Ant. 241, etc.; κεντουμένη κύκλῳ ἡ ψυχή all over, Pl.Phdr. 251d; τὰ κ. the circumstances, Arist.Rh. 1367b29, EN 1117b2; ἡ κ. ἀπόδειξις, of arguing in a circle, Id.APo. 72b17, cf. APr. 57b18: with Preps.,ἐν κ. S.Aj. 723
, Ph. 356, E.Ba. 653, Ar.V. 432, etc.;ἅπαντες ἐν κ. Id.Eq. 170
, Pl. 679: c. gen., E.HF 926, Th.3.74;κατὰ κύκλον Emp.17.13
.1 wheel, Il.23.340; in which sense the heterocl. pl. κύκλα is mostly used, 5.722, 18.375; τοὺς λίθους ἀνατιθεῖσι ἐπὶ τὰ κύκλα on the janker, IG12.350.47.3 place of assembly, of theἀγορά, ἱερὸς κ. Il.18.504
;ὁ κ. τοῦ Ζηνὸς τὠγοραίου Schwyzer 701
B6 (Erythrae, v B.C.); ἀγορᾶς κ. (cf. κυκλόεις) E.Or. 919; of the amphitheatre, D.C.72.19.b crowd of people standing round, ring or circle of people,κ. τυραννικός S.Aj. 749
; κύκλα χαλκέων ὅπλων, i.e. of armed men, dub. in Id.Fr.210.9, cf. X. Cyr.7.5.41: abs., E.Andr. 1089, X.An.5.7.2 (both pl.), Diph.55.3.4 vault of the sky,ὁ κ. τοῦ οὐρανοῦ Hdt.1.131
, LXX 1 Es.4.34;πυραυγέα κ. αἰθέρος h.Hom.8.6
, cf. E. Ion 1147;ὁ ἄνω κ. S.Ph. 815
;ἐς βάθος κύκλου Ar.Av. 1715
;νυκτὸς αἰανὴς κ. S.Aj. 672
; γαλαξίας κ. the milky way, Placit.2.7.1, al., Poll.4.159; alsoὁ τοῦ γάλακτος κ. Arist. Mete. 345a25
;πολιοῖο γάλακτος κ. Arat.511
.b μέγιστος κ. great circle, Autol.Sph.2, al.;μ. κ. τῶν ἐν τῇ σφαίρᾳ Archim.Sph.Cyl.1.30
, cf. Gem.5.70; κ. ἰσημερινός, θερινός, etc., Ph.1.27;χειμερινός Gem.5.7
, Cleom.1.2; ἀρκτικός, ἀνταρκτικός, Gem.5.2,9;ὁ κ. ὁ τῶν ζῳδίων Arist. Mete. 343a24
; ὁ ὁρίζων κ. the horizon, Id.Cael. 297b34; παράλληλοι κ., of parallels of latitude, Autol.Sph.1: in pl., the zones, Stoic.2.196.5 orb, disk of the sun and moon,ἡλίου κ. A.Pr.91
, Pers. 504, S.Ant. 416; ; μὴ οὐ πλήρεος ἐόντος τοῦ κύκλου (sc. τῆς σελήνης) Hdt.6.106: in pl., the heavenly bodies, IG14.2012A9 (Sulp. Max.).6 circle or wall round a city, esp. round Athens,ὁ Ἀθηνέων κ. Hdt.1.98
, cf. Th.2.13, etc.;οὐχὶ τὸν κ. τοῦ Πειραιῶς, οὐδὲ τοῦ ἄστεως D.18.300
.8 in pl., eye-balls, eyes, S.OT 1270, Ph. 1354;ὀμμάτων κ. Id.Ant. 974
(lyr.): rarely in sg., eye,ὁ αἰὲν ὁρῶν κ. Διός Id.OC 704
(lyr.).9 οἱ κ. τοῦ προσώπου cheeks, Hp.Morb.2.50;κύκλα παρειῆς Nonn.D.33.190
, 37.412; but κύκλος μαζοῦ, poet. for μαζός, is f.l. in Tryph.34.11 cycle or collection of legends or poems, ([place name] Crete); esp. of the Epic cycle,ὁ ἐπικὸς κ. Ath. 7.277e
, Procl. ap. Phot.Bibl.p.319 B., cf. Arist.Rh. 1417a15; of the corpus of legends compiled by Dionysius Scytobrachion, Ath.11.481e, cf. Sch. Od.2.120; κ. ἐπιγραμμάτων Suid.s.v. Ἀγαθίας; cf.κυκλικός 11
.III circular motion, orbit of the heavenly bodies,κύκλον ἰέναι Pl.Ti. 38d
;οὐρανὸς.. μιᾷ περιαγωγῇ καὶ κύκλῳ συναναχορεύει τούτοις Arist.Mu. 391b18
; revolution of the seasons,ἐνιαυτοῦ κ. E.Or. 1645
, Ph. 477; τὸν ἐνιαύσιον κ. the yearly cycle, ib. 544;ἑπτὰ.. ἐτῶν κ. Id.Hel. 112
; μυρία κύκλα ζώειν, i.e. years, AP7.575 (Leont.): hence κ. τῶν ἀνθρωπηΐων ἐστὶ πρηγμάτων human affairs revolve in cycles, Hdt.1.207;φασὶ.. κύκλον εἶναι τὰ ἀνθρώπινα πράγματα Arist.Ph. 223b24
, al.;κ. κακῶν D.C.44.29
; κύκλου ἐξέπταν, i.e. from the cycle of rebirths, Orph.Fr. 32c.6.2 circular dance (cf. κύκλιος), χωρεῖτε νῦν ἱερὸν ἀνὰ κ. Ar.Ra. 445
, cf. Simon.148.9, E.Alc. 449 (lyr.).3 in Rhet., a rounded period,περιόδου κύκλος D.H.Comp.19
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16 λυχνεῖον
λυχν-εῖον, τό,A lampstand, Pherecr.85, IG22.1425.368, 4.1588.3 ([place name] Aegina), 11(2).161 C77, al. (Delos, iii B. C.); stand for ballot-balls, Arist.Ath.68.4; cf. λυχνίον:—[var] Dim. [suff] λυχν-είδιον (-ίδιον [ῑ] codd.) Ar.Frr.14, 281, Crates Com. 3, Hermipp.62.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > λυχνεῖον
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17 περίβολος
II as Subst. περίβολος, ὁ, = περιβολή, ἐχίδνης περίβολοι spires or coils of a serpent, E. Ion 993: in pl., π. λάϊνοι, of a tomb, Id.Tr. 1141 : sg., enclosing wall, Hdt.1.181 ; of a town wall, Th.1.89 ; ἐν οἰκείῳ π. in a cage of his own, Pl.Tht. 197c ; of the body as the case of the soul, Id.Cra. 400c ;περίβολοι οἰκήσεων Id.R. 548a
; wall of the heart, Hp.Cord.4.2 area enclosed, enclosure,π. νεωρίων E.Hel. 1530
; ὁ τῆς πόλεως π. Pl.Lg. 759a ;ἀμπελώνων PGrenf.2.28.13
(ii B.C.); of a temple, precinct,π. ἱεροῦ LXX Si. 50.2
, cf. 2 Ma.6.4, 4 Ma.4.11, J.AJ15.11.5, Porph.Abst.2.54 ; ὁ τῶν Ὡρῶν π. BMus.Inscr. 1044 ([place name] Attaleia): metaph.,πρόθυρα καὶ περιβόλους καὶ αὐλὰς τῇ ἀρχῇ περιέθηκεν Plu.Sol.32
.III neut., περίβολα πυρὶ φλεγόμενα fire- balls, Tim.Pers.27.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > περίβολος
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18 σαλεύω
A : [tense] aor.ἐσάλευσα Isoc.8.95
, AP11.83:— [voice] Pass., [tense] fut.σαλευθήσομαι LXX Si.16.18
, Ev.Luc.21.26: [tense] aor. , Act.Ap.4.31, 2 Ep.Thess.2.2, v.l. in Isoc. l.c.: [tense] pf. σεσάλευμαι (v. infr.): ([etym.] σάλος):—cause to rock, make to vibrate or oscillate, c. acc., [τὰς ἀγκύρας] οὐδεὶς χειμὼν σαλεύει Pythag.
ap. Stob.3.1.29; σ. τρικυμίᾳ πέδον, of the sea, Lyc.475; of an earthquake, AP11.83 (Lucill.), cf. 259 (Id.): metaph., δόξαν ς. Plu.2.1123f, cf. S.E.M. 8.56, 337, etc.;σ. τινὰ ἐκ θεμελίων LXX Wi.4.19
; heartrending,POxy.
528.12 (ii A.D.); σ. τοὺς ὄχλους stir them up, Act.Ap.17.13, cf. LXX Si.28.14:—[voice] Pass., to be shaken to and fro, waver, totter, reel,χθὼν σεσάλευται A.Pr. 1081
;κύκλος σαλευόμενος Pl.Ti. 79e
, cf. Arist.Mech. 857a7, Thphr.Lass.11; of teeth or nails, to be loosened, Gal.12.871, Dsc.5.3; of persons,ἐκ Βρομίου γυῖα σαλευόμενον AP11.26
(Marc.Arg.), cf. 12.31 (Phan.); ὑφ' ἡδονῆς σαλευομένη κορώνη Sch.Arat.1009 (wrongly attributed to Archil., Fr. 102); later simply, stir, move,κατεσχέθην νόσῳ.. ὡς μὴ δύνασθαι μηδὲ σαλεύεσθαι PSI4.299.4
(iii A.D.).II intr., move up and down, roll, toss, esp. of ships in a stormy sea or persons in them,σ. ἐν πλοίοις X.Oec.8.17
, cf. Hld.10.4, etc.: generally, put out to sea, App.Mith.77: metaph., toss like a ship at sea, to be tempest-tossed, be in sore distress,πόλις γὰρ.. ἄγαν ἤδη σαλεύει S.OT23
;πρόδοτος δὲ.. σ. Ἠλέκτρα Id.El. 1074
(lyr.);ὅταν.. σαλεύῃ πόλις E.Rh. 249
(lyr.), cf. OGI515.47 (Mylasa, iii A.D.); ἐν νόσοις ἢ γήρᾳ ς. Pl.Lg. 923b, cf. Arist.Pr. 883a34; ἐν κινδύνῳ ς. D.H.10.11;σ. ὑπὲρ ἑαυτοῦ Ael.Fr.48
; to be unstable, Poll.6.121; flicker, of the eye-balls in nystagmus, Gal.18(2).68; oscillate, of theλόγος ἐνδιάθετος, ἐν τούτοις S.E.P.1.65
.2 of ships also, ἐπ' ἀγκυρῶν ride at anchor, Polyaen.2.2.7: metaph., ὡς ἐπ' ἀγκύρας τῆς φύσεως ς. Plu.2.493d;σ. ἐπὶ τῶν ἐλπίδων Hld.1.26
; also ὁρῶν ἡμᾶς ἐπὶ τούτῳ μόνῳ (sc. τῷ υἱῷ)σαλεύοντας Plu.Demetr.38
; γραῦν ἐπὶ ἑνὶ γομφίῳ ς. Alciphr.3.28, cf. POxy.472.50 (ii A.D.);ἐπὶ τοιούτοις παραγγέλμασιν S.E.M.2.12
(hence later in a causal sense, σ. ἐπί τινι τὰς ἐλπίδας anchor them upon.., Hld.2.33).3 metaph., roll like a ship, roll in one's walk, of persons with the hip-joints far apart, Hp.Art.56. -
19 τρύξ
A wine not yet fermented and racked off, must, Anacr.41, Ar.Nu.50, al.: hence, new, raw wine, Cratin.250, PTeb. 555 (ii A. D.): prov., κατ' ὀπώρην τρύξ must in autumn, i. e. a state of ferment, Cic.Att.2.12.3.II lees of wine, dregs,οἶνος ἀπὸ τρυγός Archil.4
;ἐπειδὴ καὶ τὸν οἶνον ἠξίους πίνειν, συνεκποτἔ ἐστί σοι καὶ τὴν τ. Ar.Pl. 1085
, cf. Pherecr.249;συὸς τρύγα προσενεγκαμένης καροῦται.. τὰ γαλουχούμενα Sor.1.88
, cf. 2.41 (s. v. l.); = στέμφυλα, Gal.6.576;κυλίκεσσι καὶ ἐς τρύγα χεῖλος ἐρείδων Theoc.7.70
;ἐν τῇ τ. τοῦ πίθου Luc.Tim.19
; of other liquors, τ. [τοῦ ἄσχυ] Hdt.4.23;ἐλαίου Poll.1.245
; ;γῆ ὑπόστασις καὶ τ. τοῦ ὕδατος Metrod.
ap. Placit.3.9.5.2 of metals, dross,σιδηρήεσσα τρύξ Nic. Al.51
;χαλκοῦ Dsc.5.103
.4 metaph.,ἠχὼ.., φωνῆς τρύγα APl.4.155
(Euod.): metaph. also of an old man or woman, Ar. V. 1309, Pl. 1086.III τρύγες στεμφυλίτιδες second wine pressed out of the husks, poor wine, Hp.Vict.2.52;ἡ ἐκ [στεμφύλων] τρύξ Gp.6.13.2
; without any addition, Gal.6.580; cf. τρυγηφάνιος.IV τ. οἴνου κεκαυμένη, = φέκλη, salt of tartar, obtained from the matter deposited on the bottom and sides of wine-vats, Dsc.5.114, Eup.2.164, Gal.12.490; τροχίσκοι τρυγὸς ᾗ ῥυπτόμεθα scouring balls of this substance, Thphr.HP9.9.3. -
20 χερμάδιον
A large stone, boulder, such as were used for missiles by the heroes of the Il.,ὀκριόεν 4.518
;μεγάλα 11.265
, cf. 14.410;ὁ δὲ χερμάδιον λάβε χειρὶ.., μέγα ἔργον, ὃ οὐ δύο γ' ἄνδρε φέροιεν 5.302
, 20.285; twice in Od., ἀνδραχθέσι χερμαδίοισι βάλλον, of the Laestrygones, 10.121, cf. 21.371.II = χερμάς 1, Aen. Tact.38.6.—Not a Dim. of χερμάς, but neut. of an Adj. [full] χερμάδιος, ον, of the shape or size of a χερμάς, μολύβδαιναι χερμάδιοι leaden balls for arm-exercises, Luc.Lex.5.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > χερμάδιον
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