sphaericus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σφαιρικός (sphairikós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈspʰae̯.rɪ.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsfɛː.ri.kus]

Adjective

sphaericus (feminine sphaerica, neuter sphaericum); first/second-declension adjective

1. spherical

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sphaericus	sphaerica	sphaericum		sphaericī	sphaericae	sphaerica
genitive	sphaericī	sphaericae	sphaericī		sphaericōrum	sphaericārum	sphaericōrum
dative	sphaericō	sphaericae	sphaericō		sphaericīs
accusative	sphaericum	sphaericam	sphaericum		sphaericōs	sphaericās	sphaerica
ablative	sphaericō	sphaericā	sphaericō		sphaericīs
vocative	sphaerice	sphaerica	sphaericum		sphaericī	sphaericae	sphaerica

Related terms

• sphaerica

Descendants

• Catalan: esfèric
• French: sphérique
• Italian: sferico
• Portuguese: esférico
• Romanian: sferic
• Spanish: esférico
• Translingual: Sphaericus

References

• “sphaericus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sphaericus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.