sphere Copy link Outline I. A globe1. sphaera (σφαῖρα2. pure Lat. glŏbusII. Range or province1. perh. gȳrus (circuit, course)2. ārea (an open field)3. prōvincia (province, task, function)4. fīnes, ium, m. (the limits set about any person or thing, or the field [s.] embraced by them) • sphere: I. A globe: 1. sphaera (σφαῖρα: Cic. Fat. 8, 15: cf. id. Tim. 6, (mundus) globosus est fabricatus, quod σφαιροειδὲς Graeci vocant. (The word sphaeroides is by Vitr. written as Latin: 8, 6.) 2. pure Lat. glŏbus: v. globe. Having the form of a s., glŏbōsus (v. supr.): sphaerĭcus, sphaerālis: Macr. II. Range or province: 1. perh. gȳrus (circuit, course): cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 70, oratorem ... in exiguum sane gyrum compellitis (you limit him to a very confined s.): or, 2. ārea (an open field): cf. Cic. Att. 9, 18, in qua erat area scelerum (what a field or s. for crime he had!): or, in certain cases, 3. prōvincia (province, task, function): Ter.: v. province: or, 4. fīnes, ium, m. (the limits set about any person or thing, or the field [s.] embraced by them): to keep within one's own s., sese suarum rerum finibus continere, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 92. Phr.: the art (oratory) has a very wide s. of operation, late patet, et ad multos pertinet, id. de Or. 1, 55, 235.