globus cruciger

English

Etymology

From Latin globus cruciger (“globe bearing a cross”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɡləʊ̯bəs ˈkɹuːsɪd͡ʒə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɡloʊ̯bəs ˈkrusɪd͡ʒɚ/

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• Hyphenation: glo‧bus cru‧ci‧ger

Noun

globus cruciger (plural globus crucigers)

1. A globe topped by a cross, used as a symbol of royal power.

Synonyms

• mound
• orb

Translations

royal symbol of power

Bulgarian: държава (bg) f (dǎržava) Catalan: globus imperial m Chinese: Mandarin: 十字圣球 Czech: královské jablko n, říšské jablko Danish: rigsæble n Dutch: rijksappel (nl) m Esperanto: regnoglobo Faroese: ríkisepli n Finnish: valtakunnanomena (fi) French: orbe (fr), orbe crucigère m German: Reichsapfel (de) m Greek: σφαίρα και σταυρός (sfaíra kai stavrós) Hungarian: országalma (hu) Italian: globo crucigero m Japanese: 宝珠 (ja) Latin: globus cruciger m Macedonian: царско јаболко n (carsko jabolko) Norwegian: Bokmål: rikseple n Nynorsk: rikseple n Polish: jabłko królewskie n Portuguese: globo crucífero m Romanian: glob crucifer n Russian: держа́ва (ru) f (deržáva) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: краљевска јабука f, шар m, кугла са крстом f Roman: kraljevska jabuka f, šar (sh) m, kugla sa krstom f Slovak: kráľovské jablko n Slovene: vladarsko jabolko n Spanish: orbe (es) m Swedish: riksäpple (sv) n Thai: ลูกโลกประดับกางเขน

See also

• crown
• scepter, sceptre

Further reading

• globus cruciger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

From globus (“sphere, globe”) + cruciger (“bearing a cross”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlo.bus ˈkru.ki.ɡer/, [ˈɡɫ̪ɔbʊs̠ ˈkrʊkɪɡɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlo.bus ˈkru.t͡ʃi.d͡ʒer/, [ˈɡlɔːbus ˈkruːt͡ʃid͡ʒer]

Noun

globus cruciger m (genitive globī crucigerī); second declension

1. globus cruciger; a royal orb with a cross

Declension

Second-declension noun with a second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

	singular	plural
nominative	globus cruciger	globī crucigerī
genitive	globī crucigerī	globōrum crucigerōrum
dative	globō crucigerō	globīs crucigerīs
accusative	globum crucigerum	globōs crucigerōs
ablative	globō crucigerō	globīs crucigerīs
vocative	globe cruciger	globī crucigerī

Related terms

• crucifer
• cruciger
• globus