caesaries
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *kéysero- (“hair”). Cognate with Sanskrit केसर (kesara, “hair”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kae̯ˈsa.ri.eːs/, [käe̯ˈs̠ärieːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃeˈsa.ri.es/, [t͡ʃeˈs̬äːries]
Noun edit
caesariēs f (genitive caesariēī); fifth declension
- (long, flowing, luxuriant) or (dark, beautiful) hair
- 1839 [8th century CE], Paulus Diaconus, edited by Karl Otfried Müller, Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum, page 57, line 14:
- Caesar, quod est cognomen Iuliorum, a caesarie dictus est, qui scilicet cum caesarie natus est.
- Caesar, which is the cognomen of the Iulii, is named for long hair, that is, he who was born with long hair.
Declension edit
Fifth-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | caesariēs | caesariēs |
| Genitive | caesariēī | caesariērum |
| Dative | caesariēī | caesariēbus |
| Accusative | caesariem | caesariēs |
| Ablative | caesariē | caesariēbus |
| Vocative | caesariēs | caesariēs |
References edit
- ^ Wood, Indo-European Ax: Axi: Axu: A Study in Ablaut and in Word Formation
Further reading edit
- “caesaries”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “caesaries”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- caesaries in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.