Latin

Alternative forms

• sphēra (Late Latin)

Noun

sphaera f ‎(genitive sphaerae); first declension

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

Inflection

First declension.

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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sphaera”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• sphaera in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers