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[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “sphaera”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 613