cerceris

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κέρκηρις (kérkēris).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kerˈkeː.ris/, [kɛrˈkeːrɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃerˈt͡ʃe.ris/, [t͡ʃerˈt͡ʃɛːris]

Noun

cercēris f (genitive cercēris); third declension

1. An unknown kind of bird

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cercēris	cercērēs
Genitive	cercēris	cercērium
Dative	cercērī	cercēribus
Accusative	cercērem	cercērēs cercērīs
Ablative	cercēre	cercēribus
Vocative	cercēris	cercērēs

References

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