cerasus

See also: Cerasus and Κερασοῦς

Latin

Alternative forms

• cerasum n
• ceresus (post-classical)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), possibly of Anatolian origin.

Noun

cerasus f (genitive cerasī); second declension

1. cherry tree
2. cherry

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cerasus	cerasī
Genitive	cerasī	cerasōrum
Dative	cerasō	cerasīs
Accusative	cerasum	cerasōs
Ablative	cerasō	cerasīs
Vocative	cerase	cerasī

Derived terms

• cerasius
  • Vulgar Latin: *ceresius
    • Aromanian: ciresh, tsiresh, cireshu, tsireshu, chiresh
    • Romanian: cireș
• • ⇒ Italian: ciriegio (Tuscan)
    • Italian: ciliegio

Related terms

• cerasium, ceresium (Late Latin)
• ceresia

Descendants

• Italian: ceraso
• Old Spanish: cereso
  • Spanish: cerezo

References

• “cerasus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cerasus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cerasus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “cerasus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “cerasus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly