sphaera

Latin

Alternative forms

• sphēra (Late Latin)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sphaera f (genitive sphaerae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sphaera	sphaerae
Genitive	sphaerae	sphaerārum
Dative	sphaerae	sphaerīs
Accusative	sphaeram	sphaerās
Ablative	sphaerā	sphaerīs
Vocative	sphaera	sphaerae

Synonyms

• (globe, sphere): globus

Derived terms

• sphaerālis
• sphaerula

Related terms

• sphaericus
• sphaerion
• sphaerista

• sphaeristērium
• sphaeroīdēs
• sphaeromachia

Descendants

• Catalan: esfera
• French: sphère
• Galician: esfera
• Italian: sfera
• Romanian: sferă

• Spanish: esfera
• → English: sphere, sphaera recta
• → German: Sphäre
• → Irish: spéir, sféar
• → Polish: sfera

See also

• orbis

References

• 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