ἡμισφαίριον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἡμι- (hēmi-, half) + σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “sphere”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hɛː.mis.pʰǎi̯.ri.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)e̝.misˈpʰɛ.ri.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.misˈɸɛ.ri.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.misˈfe.ri.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.misˈfe.ri.on/
Noun
ἡμῐσφαίρῐον • (hēmisphaírion) n (genitive ἡμῐσφαιρῐ́ου); second declension
- (astronomy) hemisphere
Declension
Second declension of τὸ ἡμῐσφαίρῐον; τοῦ ἡμῐσφαιρῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: hēmisphaerium
- → Old French: emisphere
- → English: hemisphere
- → Portuguese: hemisfério
- → Old French: emisphere
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