ceratium

See also: Ceratium

English

Etymology

From Latin cerātium (“carob”), from Ancient Greek κερᾱ́τῐον (kerā́tion, “little horn, carob”), diminutive of κέρᾰς (kéras, “horn”). Doublet of carat, karat, and quilate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪˈɹeɪʃ(ɪ)əm/

Noun

ceratium

1. (rare) An orchid (Eria compressa).

References

• “ceratium, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, February 2015.

Further reading

• ceratium at The Plant List
• ceratium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Eria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Eria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• muricate

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κερᾱ́τῐον (kerā́tion, “little horn, carob”), diminutive of κέρᾰς (kéras, “horn”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /keˈraː.ti.um/, [kɛˈräːt̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈrat.t͡si.um/, [t͡ʃeˈrät̪ː͡s̪ium]

Noun

cerātium n (genitive cerātiī or cerātī); second declension

1. carob, Ceratonia siliqua
2. a Greek weight (clarification of this definition is needed)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cerātium	cerātia
Genitive	cerātiī cerātī1	cerātiōrum
Dative	cerātiō	cerātiīs
Accusative	cerātium	cerātia
Ablative	cerātiō	cerātiīs
Vocative	cerātium	cerātia

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

Synonyms

• (carob, Ceratonia siliqua): siliqua graeca/siliqua Graeca

Descendants

Translingual descendants

• Ceratium
• Ceratium arcticum
• Ceratium cephalotum
• Ceratium deflexum
• Ceratium extensum
• Ceratium falcatum
• Ceratium filicorne
• Ceratium furca
• Ceratium hexacanthum
• Ceratium hirundinella
• Ceratium lunula
• Ceratium pentagonum robustum
• Ceratium pentagonum tenerum
• Ceratium tripos atlanticum

 

• → English: Ceratium/ceratium

References

• “ceratium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ceratium 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)
• ceratium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “cerātium” on page 330/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)