hemisphaerium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἡμισφαίριον (hēmisphaírion).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /heː.misˈpʰae̯.ri.um/, [heːmɪs̠ˈpʰäe̯riʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.misˈfe.ri.um/, [emisˈfɛːrium]
Noun edit
hēmisphaerium n (genitive hēmisphaeriī or hēmisphaerī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hēmisphaerium | hēmisphaeria |
| Genitive | hēmisphaeriī hēmisphaerī1 |
hēmisphaeriōrum |
| Dative | hēmisphaeriō | hēmisphaeriīs |
| Accusative | hēmisphaerium | hēmisphaeria |
| Ablative | hēmisphaeriō | hēmisphaeriīs |
| Vocative | hēmisphaerium | hēmisphaeria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants edit
- → Old French: emisphere
- → English: hemisphere
- → French: hémisphère
- → Portuguese: hemisfério
References edit
- “hemisphaerium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hemisphaerium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- hemisphaerium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.