cestrum

See also: cèstrum

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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Consists of caed- (“to cut”) +‎ -trum. From Proto-Indo-European *keh₂id-, *kh₂eyd- (“to cut, hew”) + *-trom (“instrumental suffix”), related to Latin caelō (“carve”), caelum (“chisel”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κέστρος (késtros, “sharpness”).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkes.trum/, [ˈkɛs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃes.trum/, [ˈt͡ʃɛst̪rum]

Noun edit

cestrum n (genitive cestrī); second declension

a grave, graving tool (used in encaustic painting)

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cestrum	cestra
Genitive	cestrī	cestrōrum
Dative	cestrō	cestrīs
Accusative	cestrum	cestra
Ablative	cestrō	cestrīs
Vocative	cestrum	cestra

Related terms edit

caedō

Descendants edit

Translingual: Cestrum

References edit

“cestrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
cestrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“cestrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
“cestrum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin