Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Level 2 / 3: Comenius; Celestial Sphere; Vocabulary List (3)

[i]

aequinoctium, -ī [2/n]: equinox              

  • aequinoctiālis, -e: (pertaining to the) equinox; equinoctial

axis, -is [3/m]: axis        

caelum, -ī [2/n]: sky; heaven

  • caelestis, -e: heavenly; celestial           

circulus, -ī [2/m]: [i] circle; [ii] orbit

eclīpsis, -is [3/f]: eclipse           

gradus, -ūs [4/m]: [i] step, pace; [ii] degree       

horīzon, -ntis [3/m]: horizon

sōlstitium, -ī [2/n]: solstice      

spatium, -ī [2/n]: [i] space; [ii] distance, space between two points; [iii] period of time

[ii]

orbis, -is [3/m]: [i] circle, ring; [ii] rotation, circuit; [iii] the Earth, often written as:

  • orbis terrārum (literally: the circle of lands)

globus, -ī [2/m]: any round object, a sphere, a globe           

sphaera, -ae [1/f]: ball, globe, sphere

tellūs, tellūris [3/f]: [i] earth, ground, soil; [ii] the Earth

[iii]

ortus, -ūs [4/m]: rising (of heavenly bodies)

  • ortus sōlis / lūnae: sunrise; moonrise 
  • sōl oriēns: rising sun

obitus, -ūs [4/m]: setting; occāsus, -ūs [4/m]: setting

  • occāsus sōlis: sunset
  • sōl occidēns: setting sun