hemisphaerium

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἡμισφαίριον (hēmisphaírion).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /heː.misˈpʰae̯.ri.um/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.misˈfe.ri.um/,

Noun

hēmisphaerium n (genitive hēmisphaeriī or hēmisphaerī); second declension

hemisphere
cupola, dome

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	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

→ Old French: emisphere
- → English: hemisphere
- → French: hémisphère
→ Portuguese: hemisfério

References

“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.

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