σφαῖρα

sphaira
Greek · noun
Edited by: Thomas Peeters
Last edited: 2025-03-25

Literal translation
sphere
Categories
cosmological concept
astral concept
geometrical shape
Related Lemmata 3

1. celestial sphere

1.a celestial sphere cosmological concept, astral concept

Τῶν δὲ ἐν τῇ σφαίρᾳ κύκλων οἱ μὲν εἰσι παράλληλοι, οἱ δὲ λοξοί, οἱ δὲ διὰ τῶν πόλων.

‘Of the circles on the sphere, some are parallel, some are oblique, and some are [passing] through the poles.’

— Geminus 5.1

Genre: astronomy Date: 1st century BCE

Geminus. 1975. Géminos, Introduction aux Phénomènes, ed. G. Aujac. Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 21

2. sphere

2.a sphere geometrical shape

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2025). σφαῖρα (Lemma #5438). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5438/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). σφαῖρα (Lemma #5438). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5438/

MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). σφαῖρα (Lemma #5438). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5438/

Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) σφαῖρα (Lemma #5438), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5438/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac5438,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {σφαῖρα ({Lemma} #5438)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5438/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5438/},
}