sphaeristerium
English
Noun
sphaeristerium (plural sphaeristeria)
- (architecture) A large open space connected with the Ancient Roman thermae, for exercise with balls after the bather had been anointed.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σφαιριστήριον (sphairistḗrion, “ball”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /spʰae̯.risˈteː.ri.um/, [spʰae̯.rɪsˈteː.ri.ũ]
Noun
sphaeristērium n (genitive sphaeristēriī); second declension
- (architecture) In Classic architecture, a large open space connected with the Roman thermae, for exercise with balls after the bather had been anointed; they were also provided in the Roman villas.
- ballcourt, court
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sphaeristērium | sphaeristēria |
| genitive | sphaeristēriī | sphaeristēriōrum |
| dative | sphaeristēriō | sphaeristēriīs |
| accusative | sphaeristērium | sphaeristēria |
| ablative | sphaeristēriō | sphaeristēriīs |
| vocative | sphaeristērium | sphaeristēria |
References
- sphaeristerium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sphaeristerium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- sphaeristerium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- sphaeristerium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sphaeristerium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- Sphaeristerium, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1911 Edition.
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