sphaera

• sphēra (Late Latin)

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

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

sphaera f (genitive sphaerae); first declension

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

First declension.

• (globe, sphere): globus

• sphaerālis
• sphaerula

• orbis

• 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