cereus
See also: Cereus
English edit
Etymology edit
From the genus name. Doublet of serge.
Noun edit
cereus (plural cereuses)
- Any of the genus Cereus of plants of the cactus family, natives to the Americas, from California to Chile.
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkeː.re.us/, [ˈkeːreʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.re.us/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːreus]
Etymology 1 edit
From cēra (“wax”).
Adjective edit
cēreus (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 edit
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | cēreus | cērea | cēreum | cēreī | cēreae | cērea | |
Genitive | cēreī | cēreae | cēreī | cēreōrum | cēreārum | cēreōrum | |
Dative | cēreō | cēreō | cēreīs | ||||
Accusative | cēreum | cēream | cēreum | cēreōs | cēreās | cērea | |
Ablative | cēreō | cēreā | cēreō | cēreīs | |||
Vocative | cēree | cērea | cēreum | cēreī | cēreae | cērea |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Substantive from cēreus fūnis (“waxen cord”).
Noun edit
cēreus 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 edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cēreus | cēreī |
Genitive | cēreī | cēreōrum |
Dative | cēreō | cēreīs |
Accusative | cēreum | cēreōs |
Ablative | cēreō | cēreīs |
Vocative | cēree | cēreī |
Descendants edit
See also edit
albus, candidus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.) | rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.) | niger, āter, piceus, furvus |
ruber, rūfus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius | rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.) | flāvus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.) |
galbus, galbinus, lūridus | viridis | prasinus |
cȳaneus | caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), 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