sphaeroides

See also: Sphaeroides and sphæroïdes

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σφαιροειδής (sphairoeidḗs, “globular, spherical”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /spʰae̯.roˈiː.des/, [s̠pʰäe̯roˈiːd̪ɛs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sfe.roˈi.des/, [sferoˈiːd̪es]

Adjective

sphaeroīdes (genitive sphaeroīdis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. round, globular, spherical
2. oval, ellipsoidal

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	sphaeroīdēs			sphaeroīdēs	sphaeroīdia
genitive	sphaeroīdis			sphaeroīdium
dative	sphaeroīdī			sphaeroīdibus
accusative	sphaeroīdem	sphaeroīdēs		sphaeroīdēs	sphaeroīdia
ablative	sphaeroīdī			sphaeroīdibus
vocative	sphaeroīdēs			sphaeroīdēs	sphaeroīdia

Descendants

• Translingual: Sphaerodes, Sphaeroides, Sphoeroides, Nostoc sphaeroides, Rhodobacter sphaeroides

References

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