sphaeroides

See also: Sphaeroides and sphæroïdes

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σφαιροειδής (sphairoeidḗs, “globular, spherical”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /spʰae̯.roˈiː.des/, [s̠pʰäe̯roˈiːd̪ɛs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sfe.roˈi.des/, [sferoˈiːd̪es]

Adjective

sphaeroīdes (genitive sphaeroīdis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. round, globular, spherical
2. oval, ellipsoidal

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	sphaeroīdēs			sphaeroīdēs	sphaeroīdia
Genitive	sphaeroīdis			sphaeroīdium
Dative	sphaeroīdī			sphaeroīdibus
Accusative	sphaeroīdem	sphaeroīdēs		sphaeroīdēs	sphaeroīdia
Ablative	sphaeroīdī			sphaeroīdibus
Vocative	sphaeroīdēs			sphaeroīdēs	sphaeroīdia

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.