hemisphaerium
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἡμισφαίριον (hēmisphaírion).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /heː.misˈpʰae̯.ri.um/, [heːmɪs̠ˈpʰäe̯riʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.misˈfe.ri.um/, [emisˈfɛːrium]
Noun
[edit]hēmisphaerium n (genitive hēmisphaeriī or hēmisphaerī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | hēmisphaerium | hēmisphaeria |
Genitive | hēmisphaeriī hēmisphaerī1 |
hēmisphaeriōrum |
Dative | hēmisphaeriō | hēmisphaeriīs |
Accusative | hēmisphaerium | hēmisphaeria |
Ablative | hēmisphaeriō | hēmisphaeriīs |
Vocative | hēmisphaerium | hēmisphaeria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
[edit]- → Old French: emisphere
- → English: hemisphere
- → French: hémisphère
- → Portuguese: hemisfério
References
[edit]- “hemisphaerium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hemisphaerium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- hemisphaerium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.