cestrum

See also: cèstrum

Latin

Alternative forms

• cestros
• cestron

Etymology

(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

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkes.trum/, [ˈkɛs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃes.trum/, [ˈt͡ʃɛst̪rum]

Noun

cestrum n (genitive cestrī); second declension

1. a grave, graving tool (used in encaustic painting)

Declension

Second-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

• caedō

Descendants

• Translingual: Cestrum

References

• “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