ἡμισφαίριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἡμι- (hēmi-, half) +‎ σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “sphere”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἡμῐσφαίρῐον • (hēmĭsphaírĭon) n (genitive ἡμῐσφαιρῐ́ου); second declension

  1. (astronomy) hemisphere

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἡμῐσφαίρῐον; τοῦ ἡμῐσφαιρῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ἡμῐσφαίρῐον
tò hēmĭsphaírĭon 		τὼ ἡμῐσφαιρῐ́ω
tṑ hēmĭsphairĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ἡμῐσφαίρῐᾰ
tằ hēmĭsphaírĭă
Genitive τοῦ ἡμῐσφαιρῐ́ου
toû hēmĭsphairĭ́ou 		τοῖν ἡμῐσφαιρῐ́οιν
toîn hēmĭsphairĭ́oin 		τῶν ἡμῐσφαιρῐ́ων
tôn hēmĭsphairĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ ἡμῐσφαιρῐ́ῳ
tōî hēmĭsphairĭ́ōi 		τοῖν ἡμῐσφαιρῐ́οιν
toîn hēmĭsphairĭ́oin 		τοῖς ἡμῐσφαιρῐ́οις
toîs hēmĭsphairĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ ἡμῐσφαίρῐον
tò hēmĭsphaírĭon 		τὼ ἡμῐσφαιρῐ́ω
tṑ hēmĭsphairĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ἡμῐσφαίρῐᾰ
tằ hēmĭsphaírĭă
Vocative ἡμῐσφαίρῐον
hēmĭsphaírĭon 		ἡμῐσφαιρῐ́ω
hēmĭsphairĭ́ō 		ἡμῐσφαίρῐᾰ
hēmĭsphaírĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: ημισφαίριο (imisfaírio)
  • → Latin: hēmisphaerium (see there for further descendants)

References

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