σφῠρ-όν, τό,
ankle, κνῆμαί τε ἰδὲ σφυρά [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.147, compare 518, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Loc. Hom.” 6; ποδῶν τέτρηνε τένοντε ἐς σφυρὸν ἐκ πτέρνης 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.397 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὀρθῷ ἔστασας ἐπὶ σφυρῷ (metaphorically) [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 7(6).13; βαίνουσα.. σ. κούφῳ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 586 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μονόχαλα σ., of a horse, [[ [prev. author] “IA” 225 (Lyric poetry)] Refs]; τὸ σ. ἐξεκόκκισε put out his ankle, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1179 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἔσχατον ἀντικνημίου σ. [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 494a10 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; σ. Ἰφίκλειον the ankle of Iphiclus (the runner), [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Aetia” 3.1.46. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II metaphorically, the lower part or edge, foothills, of a mountain, ἐν Παλίου σφυροῖς [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.46, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 6.114 (3rd c.BC: Simmias), 7.501 (4th c.AD: Perses Epigrammaticus), 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 1.165, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Λιβύας ἄκρον σφυρόν the very furthest part of Libya, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 16.77; σ. νήσων 5th-6th c.AD: Musaeus Epicus 45; ὕλης 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 2.1. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]