Cerasus

See also: cerasus and Κερασοῦς

Translingual

Etymology

Latin cerasus (“cherry”)

Proper noun

Cerasus m

(archaic) Prunus (genus)
Prunus subg. Cerasus (subgenus)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κερασοῦς (Kerasoûs).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɛ.ra.suːs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.ra.s̬us]

Proper noun

Cerasūs f sg (genitive Cerasūntis); third declension

A town of Pontus situated west of Trapezus

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Cerasūs
genitive	Cerasūntis
dative	Cerasūntī
accusative	Cerasūntem
ablative	Cerasūnte
vocative	Cerasūs
locative	Cerasūntī Cerasūnte

References

“Cerasus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly