I.a ball, globe, sphere (pure Lat. globus, Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 47).
I. In gen.: “sphaeras pugnum altas facito,” Cato, R. R. 82; Cic. Fat. 8, 15: “habent suam sphaeram stellae inerrantes,” id. N. D. 2, 21, 55.—
II. In partic.
A. A globe or sphere made to represent the heavenly bodies, Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 21 sq.; 1, 17, 28; id. Tusc. 1, 25, 63; 5, 23, 64; id. N. D. 2, 35, 88; id. de Or. 3, 40, 162.—
B. A globe, one of the great bodies of the universe, Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 4, 8; Mart. Cap. 7, § 741.—