〈regio〉 ‘region’
〈trabs〉 ‘board’
〈capra〉 ‘the She-goat’
〈fax〉 ‘torch’
〈σφαῖρα〉 sphaira ‘celestial sphere’
globus
Latin noun
Last edited: 2025-05-05| Primary meaning | sphere |
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| Literal translation | ball |
| Variants | globus |
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sphere astronomical term
[...] quid novem illi globi [...] facerent
‘[...] what the nine spheres do’
ball
fireball phenomenon
Interim illud existimo eiusmodi ignes existere aere vehementius trito, cum inclinatio eius in alteram partem facta est et non cessit, sed inter se pugnavit; ex hac vexatione nascuntur trabes et globi et faces et ardores.
‘For the time being, I guess this: fires of this sort come into existence because the atmosphere undergoes severe friction when there has been a tilting of it to one side and there is no yielding, only internal struggle. From this vexation are produced fiery shapes, the so-called Boards, Balls, Torches, and Blazes.’
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). globus (Lemma #822). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/822/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). globus (Lemma #822). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/822/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). globus (Lemma #822). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/822/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) globus (Lemma #822), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/822/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac822,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
year = {2025},
title = {globus ({Lemma} #822)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/822/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/822/},
}