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Ceres

See also: ceres, Cérès, and cerēs

EnglishEdit

 
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Ceres's planetary symbol

EtymologyEdit

Learned borrowing from Latin Cerēs, goddess of the bounty, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“to grow, to nourish”). More at create.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪəɹiːz/
  • Hyphenation: Ce‧res

Proper nounEdit

Ceres

  2. (Roman mythology) The Roman goddess of agriculture; equivalent to the Greek goddess Demeter.
  4. (astronomy) A celestial body orbiting between Mars and Jupiter, the largest asteroid and innermost dwarf planet; officially called 1 Ceres.
  5. A city in Stanislaus County, California, United States.

SynonymsEdit

  • (astronomy, astrology): ⚳

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

See alsoEdit

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Star Sun
IAU planets, Ceres and Pluto Mercury Venus Earth Mars Ceres Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto
Notable
moons 		— Moon Phobos
Deimos 		— Io
Europa
Ganymede
Callisto 		Mimas
Enceladus
Tethys
Dione
Rhea
Titan
Iapetus
Miranda
Ariel
Umbriel
Titania
Oberon 		Triton Charon

AnagramsEdit

AfrikaansEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch Ceres.

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: Ce‧res

Proper nounEdit

Ceres

  1. (astronomy) Ceres
  2. (Roman mythology) Ceres

CzechEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin Cerēs.

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Ceres

  2. (Roman mythology, feminine) Ceres, Roman goddess of agriculture; equivalent to the Greek goddess Demeter
    • 2014, Mireia Ryšková, Pavel z Tarsu a jeho svět, Praha: Karolinum, →ISBN, page 436:
      Filón kritizuje i náboženská shromáždění a průvody k poctě bohyně Cerery, […]
      Philo criticises also the religious meetings and parades in honour of the goddes Ceres, […]
  4. (astronomy, feminine, masculine inanimate) Ceres, a dwarf planet orbiting between Mars and Jupiter
    • 2017 February 17, kar, “Na trpasličí planetě Ceres jsme našli organický materiál, oznámila NASA”, in ČT24‎[1], Česká televize, archived from the original on 19 February 2018:
      Mise Dawn, v jejímž rámci NASA zkoumá trpasličí planetu Ceres, našla důkazy o organickém materiálu.
      The Dawn mission, in which NASA explores the dwarf planet Ceres, found evidence of organic material.
    • 2017 October 24, Petr Kubala, “Sonda Dawn zůstane věrná Cereře”, in VTM‎[2], archived from the original on 2017-11-14:
      Dawn bude Cereru zkoumat i v době, kdy bude nejblíže od Slunce.
      Dawn is going to explore Ceres also during the time when it is nearest from the Sun.

Usage notesEdit

Both the name of the goddess and the celestial body are traditionally feminine, but in modern usage the latter one is sometimes also treated as indeclinable or inflected as masculine inanimate.

DeclensionEdit

feminine

(goddess, dwarf planet):

Declension of Ceres
singulare tantum
nominative Ceres
genitive Cerery
dative Cereře, Cereři
accusative Cereru
vocative Cerero
locative Cereře
instrumental Cererou
masculine inanimate

(dwarf planet):

Declension of Ceres
singulare tantum
nominative Ceres
genitive Ceresu
dative Ceresu
accusative Ceres
vocative Cerese
locative Ceresu
instrumental Ceresem

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

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Star Slunce
IAU planets, Ceres and Pluto Merkur Venuše Země Mars Ceres Jupiter Saturn Uran Neptun Pluto
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moons 		— Měsíc Phobos/Fobos
Deimos 		— Io
Europa
Ganymed
Callisto 		Mimas
Enceladus
Tethys
Dione
Rhea
Titan
Iapetus
Miranda
Ariel
Umbriel
Titania
Oberon 		Triton Charon

Further readingEdit

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

First attested as Ceres in 1913. Borrowed from Latin Cerēs.

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: Ce‧res

Proper nounEdit

Ceres n

  1. A neighbourhood of Hollands Kroon, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

DescendantsEdit

  • Afrikaans: Ceres

ReferencesEdit

  • van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “ceres”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin Cerēs.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkeres/, [ˈke̞re̞s̠]
  • Syllabification(key): Ce‧res

Proper nounEdit

Ceres

  1. (astronomy) Ceres

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of Ceres (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative Ceres —
genitive Cereksen —
partitive Cerestä —
illative Cerekseen —
singular plural
nominative Ceres —
accusative nom. Ceres —
gen. Cereksen
genitive Cereksen —
partitive Cerestä —
inessive Cereksessä —
elative Cereksestä —
illative Cerekseen —
adessive Cereksellä —
ablative Cerekseltä —
allative Cerekselle —
essive Cereksenä —
translative Cerekseksi —
instructive — —
abessive Cereksettä —
comitative — —
Possessive forms of Ceres (type vastaus)
possessor singular plural
1st person Cerekseni Cereksemme
2nd person Cereksesi Cereksenne
3rd person Cereksensä

See alsoEdit

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Solar System in Finnish · Aurinkokunta (layout · text)
Star Aurinko
IAU planets, Ceres and Pluto Merkurius Venus Maa (Tellus) Mars Ceres Jupiter Saturnus Uranus Neptunus Pluto
Notable
moons 		— Kuu Phobos
Deimos 		— Io
Europa
Ganymedes
Kallisto 		Mimas
Enceladus
Tethys
Dione
Rhea
Titan
Japetus
Miranda
Ariel
Umbriel
Titania
Oberon 		Triton Kharon

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Italic *kerēs, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerēs, from *ḱer- (“to grow”). Cognate with creō, crēscō.

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Cerēs f sg (genitive Cereris); third declension

  1. (Roman mythology) Ceres (Roman goddess)
  2. (astronomy, New Latin) Ceres (dwarf planet)
  3. (figuratively) food, bread, fruit, corn, grain, etc.

DeclensionEdit

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Cerēs
Genitive Cereris
Dative Cererī
Accusative Cererem
Ablative Cerere
Vocative Cerēs

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • “Ceres”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Ceres”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Ceres 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)
  • Ceres in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “Ceres”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “Ceres”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

PolishEdit

 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin Cerēs (“goddess of bounty”), from Proto-Italic *kerēs, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerēs, from *ḱer- (“to grow”).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.rɛs/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛrɛs
  • Syllabification: Ce‧res
  • Homophone: ceres

Proper nounEdit

Ceres f (indeclinable)

  1. (Roman mythology) Ceres (the Roman goddess of agriculture and fertility)
  2. (astronomy) Ceres (the dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)

See alsoEdit

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Star Słońce
IAU planets, Ceres and Pluto Merkury Wenus Ziemia Mars Ceres Jowisz Saturn Uran Neptun Pluton
Notable
moons 		— Księżyc Fobos
Deimos 		— Io
Europa
Ganimedes
Kallisto 		Mimas
Enceladus
Tetyda
Dione
Rea
Tytan
Japet
Miranda
Ariel
Umbriel
Tytania
Oberon 		Tryton Charon

Further readingEdit

  • Ceres in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Ceres in Polish dictionaries at PWN

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin Cerēs.

PronunciationEdit

 

  • Hyphenation: Ce‧res

Proper nounEdit

Ceres f

  1. (Roman mythology) Ceres (goddess of agriculture)

Proper nounEdit

Ceres m

  1. (astronomy) Ceres (dwarf planet in the Solar System)

Related termsEdit

See alsoEdit

SpanishEdit

 
Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθeɾes/ [ˈθe.ɾes]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈseɾes/ [ˈse.ɾes]
  • Rhymes: -eɾes
  • Syllabification: Ce‧res

Proper nounEdit

Ceres f

  1. (Roman mythology) the Roman goddess of agriculture; equivalent to the Greek goddess Demeter

Proper nounEdit

Ceres m

  1. (astronomy) Ceres (dwarf planet)

SwahiliEdit

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Ceres

  1. Ceres (planet)

See alsoEdit

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Solar System in Swahili · mfumo wa jua (see also: sayari) (layout · text)
Star jua
IAU planets, Ceres and Pluto Utaridi
Zebaki 		Zuhura
Ng'andu 		dunia Mirihi
Murihi
Meriki 		Ceres Mshtarii Zohali
Zuhali 		Uranus Neptun Pluto
Notable
moons 		— mwezi
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