sphaera

== Latin == === Alternative forms === sphēra (Late Latin) === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek σφαῖρᾰ (sphaîră, “ball, globe”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈspʰae̯.ra] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsfɛː.ra] === Noun === sphaera f (genitive sphaerae); first declension ball, globe, sphere a globe of the heavens a ball for playing ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (globe, sphere): globus ==== Derived terms ==== sphaerālis sphaerula ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === 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, 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