sphaera

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LatinEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• sphēra (Late Latin)

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek σφαῖρα ‎(sphaîra, “ball, globe”).

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈspʰae̯.ra/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsfɛ.ra/, [ˈsfɛː.ra]

NounEdit

sphaera f ‎(genitive sphaerae); first declension

1. ball, globe, sphere
2. a globe of the heavens
3. a ball for playing

InflectionEdit

First declension.

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

Derived termsEdit

• sphaerālis
• sphaerula

Related termsEdit

• sphaericus
• sphaerion
• sphaerista

• sphaeristērium
• sphaeroīdēs
• sphaeromachia

DescendantsEdit

• Catalan: esfera
• English: sphaera recta, sphere
• French: sphère

• Galician: esfera
• Italian: sfera
• Polish: sfera
• Spanish: esfera

See alsoEdit

• orbis

ReferencesEdit

• sphaera in Charlton T. Lewis & 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 Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• sphaera in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers