[2] The globe
of heaven is turned about upon an axle-tree, about the globe of the earth,
in the space of XXIV hours. │ Globus cælī volvitur super axem, circā
globum terræ, spaciō XXIV hōrārum.
axis, -is [3/m]:
axle-tree; axle of a wheel; also: the North Pole
axis mundī: the
axis of Earth between the celestial poles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_mundi
Again, note CL:
spatium, -ī [2/n] > post-CL / Med: spacium > Engl. deriv.
space; the same shift is seen in, for example, CL: grātia > gracia
> Engl. deriv. grace
Globus cælī volvitur
│ The globe of heaven is turned about
terra, -ae [1/f]:
land; in Ancient Rome Terra, -ae i.e. a proper noun referred to the goddess of
the Earth and is used in Neo-Latin as the astronomical term for the Earth
Also:
tellūs, tellūris
[3/f]: various meanings including Earth; globe; world
The Ancient Romans referred to:
orbis, -is [3/m]
terrārum: the circle of lands
[3] The Pole-stars,
or Pole, the Arctick, the Antarctick,
conclude the axle-tree at both ends. │ Stēllæ polārēs, Arcticus,
Antarcticus, fīniunt Axem utrinque.
utrinque =
utrimque: on / from both sides
polāris, -e (Late
Latin): pertaining to the (North / South) poles
(polus) Arcticus,
-ī [2/m]: Arctic; CL: arcticus, -a, -um: northern
(polus)
Antarcticus, -ī [2/m]: Antarctic; CL: antarcticus, -a, -um: southern
In the image, note
what it was first called, and the link takes you to why the name was
changed:
23.06.25: topic;
ships [9]; Comenius; XCI; a Ship-wreck (4); terra austrālis: the southern land
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/03/230625-topic-ships-9-comenius-xci-ship.html
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