sphere
sphere
subs.
Ball: P. σφαῖρα, ἡ, P. and V. κύκλος, ὁ.
Rank, position: P. and V. τάξῐς, ἡ.
Turn, part: P. and V. μέρος, τό.
Circuit: P. and V. περῐβολή, ἡ.
Department: P. and V. τάξῐς, ἡ.
Sphere of action: P. προαίρεσις, ἡ.
Limit: P. and V. ὅρος, ὁ.
The wise man should make alliance in his own sphere: V. κῆδος καθʼ αὑτὸν τον σοφὸν κτᾶσθαι χρεών (Eur. Frag.).
subs.
Ball: P. σφαῖρα, ἡ, P. and V. κύκλος, ὁ.
Rank, position: P. and V. τάξῐς, ἡ.
Turn, part: P. and V. μέρος, τό.
Circuit: P. and V. περῐβολή, ἡ.
Department: P. and V. τάξῐς, ἡ.
Sphere of action: P. προαίρεσις, ἡ.
Limit: P. and V. ὅρος, ὁ.
The wise man should make alliance in his own sphere: V. κῆδος καθʼ αὑτὸν τον σοφὸν κτᾶσθαι χρεών (Eur. Frag.).
SPHERE
PROP. sphaera. The celestial spheres coelestia loca nominative plur.
Figuratively munus: munia -ium plur. To keep within one’s sphere se rerum suarum finibus continere.
PROP. sphaera. The celestial spheres coelestia loca nominative plur.
Figuratively munus: munia -ium plur. To keep within one’s sphere se rerum suarum finibus continere.
sphere:
I. A globe:
1. sphaera (σφαῖρα: Cic. Fat. 8, 15: cf. id. Tim. 6, (mundus) globosus est fabricatus, quod σφαιροειδὲς Graeci vocant. (The word sphaeroides is by Vitr. written as Latin: 8, 6.)
2. pure Lat. glŏbus: v.GLOBE . Having the form of a s., glŏbōsus (v. supr.): sphaerĭcus, sphaerālis: Macr.
II. Range or province:
1. perh. gȳrus (circuit, course): cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 70, oratorem ... in exiguum sane gyrum compellitis (you limit him to a very confined s.): or,
2. ārea (an open field): cf. Cic. Att. 9, 18, in qua erat area scelerum (what a field or s. for crime he had!): or, in certain cases,
3. prōvincia (province, task, function): Ter.: v.PROVINCE : or,
4. fīnes, ium, m. (the limits set about any person or thing, or the field [s.] embraced by them): to keep within one's own s., sese suarum rerum finibus continere, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 92. Phr.: the art (oratory) has a very wide s. of operation, late patet, et ad multos pertinet, id. de Or. 1, 55, 235.
I. A globe:
1. sphaera (σφαῖρα: Cic. Fat. 8, 15: cf. id. Tim. 6, (mundus) globosus est fabricatus, quod σφαιροειδὲς Graeci vocant. (The word sphaeroides is by Vitr. written as Latin: 8, 6.)
2. pure Lat. glŏbus: v.
II. Range or province:
1. perh. gȳrus (circuit, course): cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 70, oratorem ... in exiguum sane gyrum compellitis (you limit him to a very confined s.): or,
2. ārea (an open field): cf. Cic. Att. 9, 18, in qua erat area scelerum (what a field or s. for crime he had!): or, in certain cases,
3. prōvincia (province, task, function): Ter.: v.
4. fīnes, ium, m. (the limits set about any person or thing, or the field [s.] embraced by them): to keep within one's own s., sese suarum rerum finibus continere, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 92. Phr.: the art (oratory) has a very wide s. of operation, late patet, et ad multos pertinet, id. de Or. 1, 55, 235.
sphere
Sphere
- the burden of: borne by Atlas: Apollod. 1.3.51
- taken on himself by Herakles: Apollod. 1.3.51