cestrum
See also: cèstrum
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
edit(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Consists of caed- (“to cut”) + -trum. From Proto-Indo-European *keh₂id-, *kh₂eyd- (“to cut, hew”) + *-trom (“instrumental suffix”), related to Latin caelō (“carve”), caelum (“chisel”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κέστρος (késtros, “sharpness”).
Pronunciation
edit(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkes.trum/, [ˈkɛs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃes.trum/, [ˈt͡ʃɛst̪rum]
Noun
editcestrum n (genitive cestrī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cestrum | cestra |
Genitive | cestrī | cestrōrum |
Dative | cestrō | cestrīs |
Accusative | cestrum | cestra |
Ablative | cestrō | cestrīs |
Vocative | cestrum | cestra |
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Translingual: Cestrum
References
edit- “cestrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cestrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “cestrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “cestrum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin