sphaera
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “ball, globe”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈspʰae̯.ra/, [ˈs̠pʰäe̯rä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsfe.ra/, [ˈsfɛːrä]
Noun[edit]
sphaera f (genitive sphaerae); first declension
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
- (globe, sphere): globus
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References[edit]
- “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 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