rare1. [ad. Gr. σφαιριστήριον, f. σφαῖρα ball.] A place for exercise in ball-play. In quot. fig.
1824. Landor, Imag. Conv., Arist. & Callisth., II. 339. What a spheristerion is opened here to the exercise of informers!
rare1. [ad. Gr. σφαιριστήριον, f. σφαῖρα ball.] A place for exercise in ball-play. In quot. fig.
1824. Landor, Imag. Conv., Arist. & Callisth., II. 339. What a spheristerion is opened here to the exercise of informers!