ἡμισφαίριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἡμι- (hēmi-, half) +‎ σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “sphere”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.mis.pʰǎi̯.ri.on/ → /i.misˈɸɛ.ri.on/ → /i.misˈfe.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.mis.pʰǎi̯.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝.misˈpʰɛ.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.misˈɸɛ.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.misˈfe.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.misˈfe.ri.on/

Noun

ἡμῐσφαίρῐον • (hēmisphaírion) n (genitive ἡμῐσφαιρῐ́ου); second declension

1. (astronomy) hemisphere

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἡμῐσφαίρῐον; τοῦ ἡμῐσφαιρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἡμῐσφαίρῐον tò hēmisphaírion	τὼ ἡμῐσφαιρῐ́ω tṑ hēmisphairíō	τᾰ̀ ἡμῐσφαίρῐᾰ tà hēmisphaíria
Genitive	τοῦ ἡμῐσφαιρῐ́ου toû hēmisphairíou	τοῖν ἡμῐσφαιρῐ́οιν toîn hēmisphairíoin	τῶν ἡμῐσφαιρῐ́ων tôn hēmisphairíōn
Dative	τῷ ἡμῐσφαιρῐ́ῳ tôi hēmisphairíōi	τοῖν ἡμῐσφαιρῐ́οιν toîn hēmisphairíoin	τοῖς ἡμῐσφαιρῐ́οις toîs hēmisphairíois
Accusative	τὸ ἡμῐσφαίρῐον tò hēmisphaírion	τὼ ἡμῐσφαιρῐ́ω tṑ hēmisphairíō	τᾰ̀ ἡμῐσφαίρῐᾰ tà hēmisphaíria
Vocative	ἡμῐσφαίρῐον hēmisphaírion	ἡμῐσφαιρῐ́ω hēmisphairíō	ἡμῐσφαίρῐᾰ hēmisphaíria
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: hēmisphaerium
  • → Old French: emisphere
    • → English: hemisphere
    • → French: hémisphère
  • → Portuguese: hemisfério

References

• “ἡμισφαίριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἡμισφαίριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette