cedrium

Latin

Alternative forms

• cedreum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈke.dri.um/, [ˈkɛd̪riʊ̃ˑ] or IPA^(key): /ˈked.ri.um/, [ˈkɛd̪riʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.dri.um/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːd̪rium] or IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃed.ri.um/, [ˈt͡ʃɛd̪rium]

Noun

cedrium n (genitive cedriī or cedrī); second declension

1. The oil obtained from the cedar tree—cedar-oil.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cedrium	cedria
Genitive	cedriī cedrī1	cedriōrum
Dative	cedriō	cedriīs
Accusative	cedrium	cedria
Ablative	cedriō	cedriīs
Vocative	cedrium	cedria

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

• cedrelatē
• cedreus
• cedria
• cedrinus
• cedris
• cedrostis
• cedrus

References

• “cedrium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cedrium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.