Ceres

See also: Cérès, ceres, and cerēs

English

The dwarf planet Ceres

Ceres's planetary symbol ⟨⚳⟩

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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 innermost dwarf planet; officially called (1) Ceres. (see usage notes)
5. A city in Stanislaus County, California, United States.

Usage notes

Ceres is a dwarf planet, but there is some confusion about whether it is also an asteroid. A NASA webpage states that Vesta, the belt's second-largest object, is the largest asteroid. The IAU has been equivocal on the subject, though its Minor Planet Center, the organisation charged with cataloguing such objects, notes that dwarf planets may have dual designations, and the joint IAU/USGS/NASA Gazetteer categorizes Ceres as both asteroid and a dwarf planet.

Synonyms

• (astronomy, astrology): ⚳

Derived terms

• cereal
• cerium
• Cerean, Cererean, Cererian

Translations

Roman goddess

• Afrikaans: Ceres
• Azerbaijani: Serera
• Cherokee: ᏎᎵᏏ (selisi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 刻瑞斯 (Kèruìsī, Kēruìsī)

• Czech: Ceres f
• Esperanto: Cereso (eo)
• Finnish: Ceres (fi)
• French: Cérès (fr) f
• German: Ceres (de) f, Zeres f
• Greek: Δήμητρα (el) f (Dímitra)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} Ceiréas f
• Italian: Cerere (it) f
• Japanese: ケレース (Kerēsu), セレス (Seresu),
• Khmer: សិរ្ស៍ (sĕrs៍)
• Korean: 케레스 (Kereseu)
• Lao: ສິຣິສ (si rit), ເຊເຣສ (sē rēt)
• Latin: Cerēs (la) f
• Polish: Ceres (pl) f
• Portuguese: Ceres (pt) f
• Russian: Цере́ра (ru) f (Cerɛ́ra)
• Sicilian: Cèriri f
• Spanish: Ceres (es) f
• Swahili: Seresi
• Thai: เทพีซีรีส, เคเรส

asteroid

• Afrikaans: Ceres
• Arabic: سِيرِيس f (sīrīs)
• Armenian: Ցերերա (Cʻerera), Սերես (Seres)
• Azerbaijani: Serera
• Belarusian: Цэрэ́ра f (Ceréra)
• Bulgarian: Цере́ра f (Ceréra)
• Cherokee: ᏎᎵᏏ (selisi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 穀神星／谷神星 (guk¹ san⁴ sing¹)

  Mandarin: 穀神星／谷神星 (zh) (Gǔshénxīng)

• Czech: Ceres f
• Esperanto: Cereso (eo)
• Estonian: Ceres (et)
• Finnish: Ceres (fi)
• French: Cérès (fr) f
• Georgian: ცერერა (cerera)
• German: Ceres (de) m
• Greek: Κέρες f (Kéres), Δήμητρα (el) f (Dímitra)
• Hindi: सीरीस (sīrīs)
• Irish: Ceiréas f
• Italian: Cerere (it) m
• Japanese: ケレス (ja) (Keresu), セレス (Seresu)
• Kazakh: Церера (Serera)
• Khmer: សឺរេស (səɨreih)
• Korean: 세레스 (Sereseu)
• Kyrgyz: Церера (Tserera)
• Lao: ສິຣິສ (si rit)
• Latin: Cerēs (la) f
• Latvian: Cerera f
• Lithuanian: Cerera f
• Navajo: Séwes
• Persian: سرس (fa) (seres)
• Polish: Ceres (pl) f
• Portuguese: Ceres (pt) m
• Russian: Цере́ра (ru) f (Cerɛ́ra)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Церера f

  Roman: Cerera (sh) f

• Sicilian: Cèriri
• Spanish: Ceres (es)
• Swahili: Seresi
• Swedish: Ceres (sv)
• Thai: ซีรีส (sii-rîis)
• Turkish: Ceres (tr)
• Ukrainian: Цере́ра (uk) f (Ceréra)
• Uyghur: سېرېرا (sërëra)
• Uzbek: Serera
• Vietnamese: Ceres, sao Cốc Thần

See also

• (most likely dwarf planets of the Solar System) Ceres, Orcus, Pluto, Haumea, Quaoar, Makemake, Gonggong, Eris, Sedna
• (mythology): Ceres on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (astronomy): Ceres (dwarf planet) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Solar System in English · Solar System (layout · text)
Star	Sun
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Ceres	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune	Pluto	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	Moon	Phobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymede Callisto	Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Charon	Dysnomia

Further reading

• Ceres on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• crese, scree, Crees

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch Ceres.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ce‧res

Proper noun

Ceres

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

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cerēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛrɛs]
• Rhymes: -ɛrɛs
• Hyphenation: Ce‧res

Proper noun

Ceres f (related adjective Cereřin)

2. (Roman mythology) 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, […]

Declension

when feminine:

Declension of Ceres (sg-only hard feminine irreg-stem)

	singular
nominative	Ceres
genitive	Cerery
dative	Cereře
accusative	Cereru
vocative	Cerero
locative	Cereře
instrumental	Cererou

when masculine inanimate (dwarf planet):

Declension of Ceres (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Ceres
genitive	Ceresu
dative	Ceresu
accusative	Ceres
vocative	Cerese
locative	Ceresu
instrumental	Ceresem

Proper noun

Ceres f or m inan

2. (astronomy) 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^[6], 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^[7], 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 notes

• 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.

Declension

when feminine:

Declension of Ceres (sg-only hard feminine irreg-stem)

	singular
nominative	Ceres
genitive	Cerery
dative	Cereře
accusative	Cereru
vocative	Cerero
locative	Cereře
instrumental	Cererou

when masculine:

Declension of Ceres (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Ceres
genitive	Ceresu
dative	Ceresu
accusative	Ceres
vocative	Cerese
locative	Ceresu
instrumental	Ceresem

See also

Solar System in Czech · sluneční soustava (layout · text)
Star	Slunce
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Merkur	Venuše	Země	Mars	Ceres	Jupiter	Saturn	Uran	Neptun	Pluto	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	Měsíc	Phobos/Fobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymed Callisto	Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Charon	Dysnomia

Further reading

• Přidej špetku juna, Naše řeč, volume 56 (1973)

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ce‧res

Proper noun

Ceres n

1. A neighbourhood of Hollands Kroon, North Holland, Netherlands

Descendants

• Afrikaans: Ceres

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “ceres”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[8] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Cerēs.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Ceres

1. (astronomy) Ceres

Declension

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	—
abessive		Cereksettä	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Ceres (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Cerekseni — accusative nom. Cerekseni — gen. Cerekseni genitive Cerekseni — partitive Cerestäni — inessive Cereksessäni — elative Cereksestäni — illative Cerekseeni — adessive Cerekselläni — ablative Cerekseltäni — allative Cerekselleni — essive Cereksenäni — translative Cereksekseni — abessive Cereksettäni — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Cereksesi — accusative nom. Cereksesi — gen. Cereksesi genitive Cereksesi — partitive Cerestäsi — inessive Cereksessäsi — elative Cereksestäsi — illative Cerekseesi — adessive Cerekselläsi — ablative Cerekseltäsi — allative Cereksellesi — essive Cereksenäsi — translative Cerekseksesi — abessive Cereksettäsi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Cereksemme — accusative nom. Cereksemme — gen. Cereksemme genitive Cereksemme — partitive Cerestämme — inessive Cereksessämme — elative Cereksestämme — illative Cerekseemme — adessive Cereksellämme — ablative Cerekseltämme — allative Cereksellemme — essive Cereksenämme — translative Cerekseksemme — abessive Cereksettämme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Cereksenne — accusative nom. Cereksenne — gen. Cereksenne genitive Cereksenne — partitive Cerestänne — inessive Cereksessänne — elative Cereksestänne — illative Cerekseenne — adessive Cereksellänne — ablative Cerekseltänne — allative Cereksellenne — essive Cereksenänne — translative Cerekseksenne — abessive Cereksettänne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Cereksensä — accusative nom. Cereksensä — gen. Cereksensä genitive Cereksensä — partitive Cerestään Cerestänsä — inessive Cereksessään Cereksessänsä — elative Cereksestään Cereksestänsä — illative Cerekseensä — adessive Cereksellään Cereksellänsä — ablative Cerekseltään Cerekseltänsä — allative Cerekselleen Cereksellensä — essive Cereksenään Cereksenänsä — translative Cereksekseen Cerekseksensä — abessive Cereksettään Cereksettänsä — instructive — — comitative — —

See also

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

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *Kerēs, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerēs, from *ḱer- (“to grow”). Cognate with creō, crēscō, Faliscan 𐌂𐌄𐌓𐌄𐌔 (ceres, “Ceres”) and Oscan Kerrí (dat. sg.).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈke.reːs/, [ˈkɛreːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.res/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːres]

Proper noun

Cerēs f sg (genitive Cereris); third declension

1. (Roman mythology) Ceres (goddess of agriculture)
2. (New Latin, astronomy) Ceres (dwarf planet)
3. (figuratively) food, bread, fruit, corn, grain, etc.
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.177–179:

     Tum Cererem corruptam undīs Cereāliaque arma
     expediunt fessī rērum; frūgēsque receptās
     et torrēre parant flammīs et frangere saxō.

     Then, weary of [these] circumstances, they brought out [the grain of] Ceres, soaked with seawater, and the utensils of Ceres; and they prepared both to roast with flames and to grind with stone that grain [which] had been recovered.

Declension

• Very rarely found in the plural (cf. sacerdōs Cerērum found in one inscription, referring to Proserpina).

Third-declension noun, singular only.

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

Derived terms

• cereālis
• Cereālis

Descendants

• → Czech: Ceres
• → Dutch: Ceres
  • Afrikaans: Ceres
• → English: Ceres
• → Finnish: Ceres
• → Italian: Cerere
• → Polish: Ceres
• → Portuguese: Ceres
• → Sicilian: Cèriri
• → Spanish: Ceres
• → Swahili: Ceres
• → Thai: ซีรีส (sii-rîis)

References

• “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 and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Cerēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.rɛs/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛrɛs
• Syllabification: Ce‧res
• Homophone: ceres

Proper noun

Ceres f (indeclinable)

1. (Roman mythology) Ceres (Roman goddess of agriculture and fertility)
2. Ceres (dwarf planet)

See also

Solar System in Polish · Układ Słoneczny (layout · text)
Star	Słońce
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	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 reading

• Ceres in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cerēs.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ɾis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ɾis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ɾiʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ɾes/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ɾɨʃ/

• Hyphenation: Ce‧res

Proper noun

Ceres f

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

Proper noun

Ceres m

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

Related terms

• cereal

See also

• Deméter

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Ceres f

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

Proper noun

Ceres m

1. (astronomy) Ceres (dwarf planet)

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Proper noun

Ceres

1. Ceres (planet)

See also

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

Turkish

Etymology

From Latin Cerēs.

Proper noun

Ceres

1. (Roman mythology) Ceres (Roman goddess)
2. (astronomy) Ceres (dwarf planet)