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L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelleLove that moves the sun and the other stars

Dante Alighieri, Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sphaerĭcus: a, um, adj., = σφαιρικός,
I of or belonging to a ball, spherical: motus, Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 14, 31: numeri, Boëth. Inst. Arith. 2, 4.—Hence, subst.: sphaerĭca, ae, f., spherics, the science of heavenly motions, Boëth. Inst. Arith. 1, 1, p. 11.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

sphærĭcus, a, um (σφαιρικός), circulaire : Macr. Scip. 2, 14, 31 ; sphæricus numerus Isid. Orig. 2, 7, nombre cubique || subst. f. sphærica, science relative à la sphère céleste, mécanique céleste : Boet. Arithm. 1, 1.