sphaerita

Latin

Alternative forms

• spaerīta

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σφαιρίτης (sphairítēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /spʰae̯ˈriː.ta/, [s̠pʰäe̯ˈriːt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sfeˈri.ta/, [sfeˈriːt̪ä]

Noun

sphaerīta f (genitive sphaerītae); first declension

1. A kind of cake

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sphaerīta	sphaerītae
genitive	sphaerītae	sphaerītārum
dative	sphaerītae	sphaerītīs
accusative	sphaerītam	sphaerītās
ablative	sphaerītā	sphaerītīs
vocative	sphaerīta	sphaerītae

References

• “spaerīta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sphaerita in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.