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hemisphaerium

hemisphaerium · n

a half-globe

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Where it lives

De Architectura 3 · 0.52/10k

What it meant

hēmisphaerĭum — Lewis & Short

hēmisphaerĭum, ĭi, n., = h(misfai/rion,

I a half-globe, hemisphere.

I In gen., Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 17; id. L. L. 7, § 7 Müll.; Hyg. Astr. 4, 13; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 15; 20; of the earth, Mela, 1, 1, 2; Mart. Cap. 6, § 602; 8, § 873 al.—

II In partic., a cupola, dome, Vitr. 5, 10, 5.

In the wild

hemisphaerii Vitruvius, De Architectura 5.10.5
hemisphaerio Vitruvius, De Architectura 5.10.5
hemisphaerium Vitruvius, De Architectura 9.8.1

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