hemisphaerium

hēmisphaerĭum, ĭi, n., = ἡμισφαίριον, a half-globe, hemisphere.

• I In gen., Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 17; id. L. L. 7, § 7 Müll.; Hyg. Astr. 4, 13; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 15; 20; of the earth, Mel. 1, 1, 2; Mart. Cap. 6, § 602; 8, § 873 al.—
• II In partic., a cupola, dome, Vitr. 5, 10, 5.

hēmisphaerium, iī, n. (ἡμισφαίριον), I) die Halbkugel, Hemisphäre des Himmels, Naev. bei Varro LL. 7, 7. Hyg. astr. 4, 13. Macr. somn. Scip. 1, 15, 4. Chalcid. Tim. 66: der Erde, Mela 1, 1, 2 (1. § 4). Mart. Cap. 6. § 602 u. 8. § 873. Gromat. vet. 62, 1. – griech. Genet. ēmispēriou, Gromat. vet. 62, 1. – II) das Kugelgewölbe, die Kuppel, Varro r. r. 3, 5, 17. Vitr. 5, 10 (11), 5.

hemisphaerium [CL < ἡμισφαίριον] 1 hemisphere or half-circle. emisperion, semis circulus GlC E 169; emisperia, healftryndel Ælf. Gl. 140; quod ~ii formam Hispania pretendat Gir. TH I 2; ~ium, dimidia sphera Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 195; celum secundum emispirium supra orizontem nostrum movetur ab oriente in occidens, et secundum emisperium sub orizonte nostro movetur ab occidente in oriens Wycl. Log. III 19. 2 celestial hemisphere, half of the heavens, above or below the horizon. b the (visible) world. universitas totus creaturae quam volubilis ‥ polorum vertigo et bina cingunt emisperia Aldh. Met. 2; emisperium Ib. 10 p. 95 (v. hemis); emisperium, aer GlC E 184; 801 (13c) conservator poli hiemisperii orbisque ‥ creator CS 282; sole in eodem existente ~io Adel. QN 70; in hieme frigus in superiori hemisperio ‥ frigidat calorem terre Quaest. Salern. P 11; semper hemispherio major pars sole relucet Neckam Poems 114; orizon est circulus dividens inferius emipserium a superiori. ‥ dicitur etiam circulus emisperii Sacrob. Sph. 2 p. 91; luna illuminat totum ~ium, sicut sol Bacon Maj. I 129; dies appellatur ‥ presentia solis in emisperio nostro Bacon XIII 424; ‘hiemem’ ‥ ab emisperio dictam quia tunc breviore sol volvitur circulo Gros. Comp. 25; almucanthere, circuli quorum primus est emisperum korizot W. Worc. Itin. 240.  b Gerv. Tilb. III 85 (v. dracus b); ut, etsi nondum canonizatus ‥ reputetur ut sanctus, ‥ in tota nostri emisperii latitudine Mir. Hen. VI I 1 p. 17 (cf. ib. III 103: Phebo nostra ‥ emisperia illustrante); the werlde, mundus, emisperium, orbis CathA.

hemisphaerium , ii. n.
半地球。

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hēmisphaerĭum, ĭi, n.: emisfero.