sphaera

sphaera (post-class. sphēra; once sphĕra, Prud. Apoth. 278), ae, f., = σφαῖρα, a ball, globe, sphere (pure Lat. globus, Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 47).

• I In gen.: sphaeras pugnum altas facito, Cato R. R. 82; Cic. Fat. 8, 15: habent suam sphaeram stellae inerrantes, id. N. D. 2, 21, 55.—
• II In partic.
• • A A globe or sphere made to represent the heavenly bodies, Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 21 sq.; 1, 17, 28; id. Tusc. 1, 25, 63; 5, 23, 64; id. N. D. 2, 35, 88; id. de Or. 3, 40, 162.—
  • B A globe, one of the great bodies of the universe, Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 4, 8; Mart. Cap. 7, § 741.—
  • C A ball for playing with (syn. follis), Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 6, 88; 5, 11, 134; Amm.21, 14, 1; in the hand of a statue, id. 25, 10, 2.

sphaera (sphēra), ae, f. (σφαιρα), die Kugel (rein lat. pila od. globus), I) im allg., Cato u. Cic. – II) insbes.: a) die astronom. gläserne od. eherne Himmelskugel, der Himmelsglobus, Cic.Tusc. 1, 63; de rep. 1, 21 sq. – b) der Spielball, Ball, Italica, Cael. Aur. de morb. chron. 3, 6, 88 u. 5, 11, 134 u.a.: sphaerae ludus, Cael. Aur. de morb. chron. 1, 4, 78. – c) die Kreisbahn der Planeten, Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 55. – d) der Weltkörper (wie Himmel, Erde usw.), Macr. somn. Scip. 2, 4, 8. Mart. Cap. 7. § 741 (u. dazu Kopp). – ➳ arch. spaera, Cato r.r. 82. – bei Spät. sphēra geschr.; dah. fehlerhaft gemessen sphĕra bei Prud. apoth. 210.

sphaera [CL < σφαῖρα] 1 globe, orb, ball, sphere; b (w. ref. to eyeball); c (in fig. context). p675 tiara ‥ bisso retorto rotunda erat quasi spera media Aldh. Ep. 4 p. 483; pila, si vas significat, longam habet ‘pi-’; si ~am, brevem Bede AM 98; spera, pila ingens GlC S 458; hec spera ‥ quasi spatium rotundum Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 535; cum speram ferream ex igne cum forcipe tenuisset ‥ cecidit ferrum rotundum ‥ in ignem (Molua 17) VSH II 211; imago Colisei ‥ in manu dextera speram gerebat ‥: per speram mundum ‥ significabat Greg. Mir. Rom. 6; spera ‥ a Theodosio sic describitur: spera est corpus solidum una superficie contentum in cujus medio punctus est a quo omnes linee ducte ad circumferentiam sunt equales Sacrob. Sph. 77.  b ad medium spere ocularis Ps.-Ric. Anat. 26.  c Deus est spera intellectualis, cujus centrum ubique est, circumferentia vero nusquam Bart. Angl. I 16. 2 (astr.): a (w. elementorum or sim.) sphere or globe formed by earth, air, fire, and water. b (w. terrestris) earth. c sky, vault of heaven (also fig.). d one of the concentric celestial spheres (usu. reckoned as nine in number, including the primum mobile) supposed to carry the seven ‘planets’ and stars around the earth (also fig.). e working model of the celestial sphere(s), armillary sphere. a dicit propheta “Dominum firmasse terram super aquas.” ex hoc ‥ videbitur haberi posse aquas esse inferiores terra, cum ‥ Alfraganus dicat, unum esse ~am aquarum et terre Neckam NR II 49; est denarius numerus corporum ~arum mundi quia ~a elementorum licet dividatur in quatuor, una tamen est participatione nature terrestris corruptibilis Gros. 58; sunt decem celi ‥. ‥ post spera Lune, infra quam est spera elementorum que sunt ignis, aer, aqua, terra. ergo terra est in medio elementorum, omnium Bacon V 129.  b considera ‥ Aren in tali loco spere terrestris esse ut ab aquilonali et ab australi equaliter polo distet utroque Petrus Dial. 12.  c cujus [sc. caeli] vertices extremos, circa quos spera caeli volvitur, polos nuncupant Bede NR 196; sex ‥ signis quintadecima luna semper, id est dimidio ~ae caelestis, a sole discernitur Bede TR 17; quid est caelum? ~a volubilis Alcuin Didasc. 977A; celica spera tremit R. Partes 246; dividitur [spera] in speram rectam et obliquam. illi enim dicuntur habere speram rectam, qui manent sub equinoctiali ‥. illi vero dicuntur habere speram obliquam quicumque habitant circa equinoctialem vel ultra Sacrob. Sph. 78.  d septenis caelorum orbibus pernici volventis sperae impetu ‥ vergentibus Aldh. Met. 3 p. 72; spera ‥ dividitur ‥ secundum substantiam ‥ in speram nonam, que primus motus sive primum mobile dicitur, et in speram stellarum fixarum, que firmamentum nuncupatur, et in septem speras septem planetarum Sacrob. Sph. 77; etherea [regio] ‥ cujus novem sunt spere ‥ sc. lune, Mercurii, Veneris, solis, Martis, Jovis, Saturni, stellarum fixarum, et celi ultimi Ib. 79; ~e ‥ novem ‥ celestes, inalterabiles Gros. 56; prima ‥ sperarum est spera circumdans; deinde ‥ spera siderum. post quam est spera Saturni ‥ post quam est spera Jovis et ‥ Martis et ‥ solis et ‥ Veneris et ‥ Mercurii et ‥ Lune Bacon V 128–9; spheram nonam, que cunctas continet J. Howd. Ph. 294; sic tangunt se ~e celestes eciam si ponatur quod una non moveat aliam T. Sutton Gen. & Corrupt. 52; de procerum spera non surgunt lumina vera Gower Carm. 356. 48 (= Pol. Poems I 358).  e celum movetur ab oriente in occidentem super duos polos ‥ sicut vides in hac ~a lignea Fishacre Sent. Prol. 83. 3 circle, perfectly round plane figure or two-dimensional representation of spherical shape; b (w. ref. to diagrammatical device used in form of iatromathematical divination). omnium duarum sperarum proportio unius ad alteram sicut proportio diametri unius ad diametrum alterius triplicata Adel. Elem. XII 15.  b a1332 spera Pitagore de vita et morte. spera Apulei Platonici de eodem Libr. Cant. Dov. 60. 4 ring. e senis unam trahat orbibus orbem, / quos retinet stringendo mei clausura sepulchri. / illum continuo fuerit si spera secuta, / hoc sit ei certum, quod te nunc destino ad illum Wulf. Swith. I 59.

sphæra (16) (spæra Cato ), æ, f. (σφαῖρα), ¶ 1 sphère, globe : Cic. Fato 15 ; Nat. 2, 47 || boule, boulette : Cato Agr. 82 ¶ 2 sphère céleste [représentant le ciel] : Cic. Rep. 1, 21 ; Tusc. 1, 63, etc. ¶ 3 sphère de révolution des planètes : Cic. Nat. 2, 55 ¶ 4 corps céleste : Macr. Scip. 2, 4, 8 ¶ 5 paume, balle à jouer : C. Aur. Chron. 1, 4, 78.

➳ décad., orth. sphera.

sphaera , ae. f.
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sphaera ae, f

• , σφαῖρα, a ball, globe, sphere: habent suam sphaeram stellae inerrantes.—An orrery, planetarium: lunae, solis motūs in sphaeram inligavit.

Sphaera

(σφαῖρα). A ball. See pila.