cereus
See also: Cereus
English
editEtymology
editFrom the genus name. Doublet of serge.
Noun
editcereus (plural cereuses)
- Any of the genus Cereus of plants of the cactus family, natives to the Americas, from California to Chile.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editReferences
edit- Cereus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Cereus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Cereus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
edit
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkeː.re.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.re.us]
Etymology 1
editFrom cēra (“wax”).
Adjective
editcēreus (feminine cērea, neuter cēreum); first/second-declension adjective
- of wax, waxen
- of the colour of wax
- of the properties of wax; soft, pliant
- (figuratively) easily moved, swayed or persuaded
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | cēreus | cērea | cēreum | cēreī | cēreae | cērea | |
genitive | cēreī | cēreae | cēreī | cēreōrum | cēreārum | cēreōrum | |
dative | cēreō | cēreae | cēreō | cēreīs | |||
accusative | cēreum | cēream | cēreum | cēreōs | cēreās | cērea | |
ablative | cēreō | cēreā | cēreō | cēreīs | |||
vocative | cēree | cērea | cēreum | cēreī | cēreae | cērea |
Derived terms
editDescendants
editEtymology 2
editSubstantive from cēreus fūnis (“waxen cord”).
Noun
editcēreus m (genitive cēreī); second declension
- a wax taper or light, particularly those that were brought by clients to their patrons as presents at the time of the Saturnalia
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | cēreus | cēreī |
genitive | cēreī | cēreōrum |
dative | cēreō | cēreīs |
accusative | cēreum | cēreōs |
ablative | cēreō | cēreīs |
vocative | cēree | cēreī |
Descendants
editSee also
editalbus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.) | glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.) | niger, āter, piceus, furvus |
ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius | rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.) | flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.) |
galbus, galbinus, lūridus | viridis | prasinus |
cȳaneus | caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.) | glaucus; līvidus; venetus |
violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.) | ostrīnus, amethystīnus | purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus |
References
edit- “cereus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cereus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "cereus", 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)
- cereus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “cereus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers