English → Latin
“orrery” in Latin
sphaeraball, globe, sphere; a globe of the heavens; a ball for playingsōlusalone, sole, only, by oneself with no others around; solitary, uninhabited
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
orrery
caelum gestabile (Cassiod., Ep., 1, 45): sphaera, in qua solis et lunae reliquarumque stellarum motus insunt (after Cic., de Rep., 1, 14, 22): sphaera, in quam lunae, solis, reliquarum stellarum motus illigati sunt (after Cic., Tusc., 1, 25, 63).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for orrery?
- The usual Latin words for “orrery” are sphaera, sōlus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.