cerastes
See also: Cerastes
English
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek κεράστης (kerástēs).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcerastes (plural cerastae)
- (mythology) A very flexible horned serpent in Greek legend, said to have no spine and to hide its head in the sand awaiting prey.
Anagrams
editLatin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek κεράστης (kerástēs).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /keˈras.teːs/, [kɛˈräs̠t̪eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃeˈras.tes/, [t͡ʃeˈräst̪es]
Noun
editcerastēs m (genitive cerastae); first declension
- horned viper (of genus Cerastes)
Declension
editFirst-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cerastēs | cerastae |
Genitive | cerastae | cerastārum |
Dative | cerastae | cerastīs |
Accusative | cerastēn | cerastās |
Ablative | cerastē | cerastīs |
Vocative | cerastē | cerastae |
Descendants
edit- Italian: ceraste
References
edit- “cerastes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cerastes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cerastes 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)
- cerastes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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