Cererus

Latin

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cererus

  1. (Old Latin, rare) genitive singular of Ceres
    • CIL 10.05191:
      Agria Sucia N(umeri) f(ilia) / sacerdos / Ce/rer(us) et Venerus
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

This form shows the rare genitive singular ending -us instead of the standard Classical Latin ending -is. This unique ending is poorly attested and largely exclusive to religious or legal documents.

References

  • Coleman, Robert (1990) “Dialectal Variation in Republican Latin, with Special Reference to Praenestine”, in Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society‎[1], number 36 (216) (quotation in English; overall work in English), →ISSN, page 8
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