cerrus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pliny mentions it as unknown in Italy; Schuchardt explains it as borrowed from the Berber term for the oak at that time.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈker.rus/, [ˈkɛrːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃer.rus/, [ˈt͡ʃɛrːus]
Noun edit
cerrus f (genitive cerrī); second declension
- Turkey oak (tree, Quercus cerris)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cerrus | cerrī |
| Genitive | cerrī | cerrōrum |
| Dative | cerrō | cerrīs |
| Accusative | cerrum | cerrōs |
| Ablative | cerrō | cerrīs |
| Vocative | cerre | cerrī |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “cerrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cerrus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- cerrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Genaust, Helmut (1996) “cerrus”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag, →ISBN, page 143
- Schuchardt, Hugo (1918) Die romanischen Lehnwörter im Berberischen (Sitzungsberichte der Wiener Akademie der Wissenschaften; 188, IVth treatise)[1] (in German), Wien: In Kommission bei Alfred Hölder, pages 18–19
- Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “cerrus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 207