Clima, atis, neut. gen. Is a portion of the worlde betweene South and North, wherin is bariation of time in length of the day the space of half an houre, which is set out in tables and charces of Cosmographie.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
clĭma, ătis (abl. plur. climatis, Firm. Math. 2, 13), n., = kli/ma (prop. the inclination, slope; hence, cf. Lidd. and Scott under kli/ma, II.), I.A clime, climate (late Lat.), App. Trism. p. 98, 23; Mart. Cap. 8, 859; Tert. Anim. 49; Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 246 (in Vitr. 1, 1, 10, used as Greek).—B. In gen. for region, part: clima medium ventris, Veg. Act. Vet. 1, 43, 3.—II.A land measure of 60 feet square, Col. 5, 1, 5. clīmăcis, ĭdis, f., = klimaki/s, a small staircase or ladder, Vitr. 10, 11, 8.