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glŏbo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [globus], to make into a ball, to make round or spherical (postAug. and perh. only pass. and mid.).

  1. I. Lit.: dependentes ubique guttae parvis globantur orbibus, Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 163; 18, 13, 34, § 130: formam mundi in speciem orbis absoluti globatam esse, id. 2, 2, 2, § 5.
  2. II. Transf., to form into a body or crowd, to crowd together: si ante exortum solis nubes globabuntur, hiemem asperam denuntiabunt, Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 344; 11, 17, 17, § 53; cf.: coturnices globatae vehementius properant, Sol. 11 med.

glŏbōsĭtas, ātis, f. [globosus], rotundity, sphericalness, globosity (post-class.): terrae, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, § 16, 23, 16.

glŏbōsus, a, um, adj. [globus], round as a ball, spherical, globose (class.): (mundum) globosum est fabricatus, quod σφαιροειδὲς Graeci vocant, Cic. Univ. 6; cf.: stellae globosae et rotundae, id. Rep. 6, 15: mundus, id. N. D. 2, 45, 116; cf.: forma (mundi), id. ib. 2, 19, 49: terra, id. ib. 2, 39, 98: saxum, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36; Liv. 38, 29, 4.