sphaera
LatinEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- sphēra (Late Latin)
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “ball, globe”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sphaera f (genitive sphaerae); first declension
DeclensionEdit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | sphaera | sphaerae |
Genitive | sphaerae | sphaerārum |
Dative | sphaerae | sphaerīs |
Accusative | sphaeram | sphaerās |
Ablative | sphaerā | sphaerīs |
Vocative | sphaera | sphaerae |
SynonymsEdit
- (globe, sphere): globus
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ReferencesEdit
- sphaera in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sphaera in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sphaera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- sphaera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- sphaera in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers