sphaeroides

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek σφαιροειδής (sphairoeidḗs, “globular, spherical”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [spʰae̯.roˈiː.dɛs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [sfe.roˈiː.des] === Adjective === sphaeroīdes (genitive sphaeroīdis); third-declension one-termination adjective round, globular, spherical oval, ellipsoidal ==== Declension ==== Third-declension one-termination adjective. ==== Descendants ==== Translingual: Sphaerodes, Sphaeroides, Sphoeroides, Nostoc sphaeroides, Rhodobacter sphaeroides === References === “sphaeroides”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “sphaeroides”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.