cereus
See also: Cereus
English
Etymology
From the genus name. Doublet of serge.
Noun
cereus (plural cereuses)
- Any of the genus Cereus, either as currently or formerly defined, of plants of the cactus family, natives to the Americas, from California to Chile.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
cactus
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References
- Cereus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Cereus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Cereus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkeː.re.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.re.us]
Etymology 1
From cēra (“wax”).
Adjective
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
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | cēreus | cērea | cēreum | cēreī | cēreae | cērea | |
| genitive | cēreī | cēreae | cēreī | cēreōrum | cēreārum | cēreōrum | |
| dative | cēreō | cēreae | cēreō | cēreīs | |||
| accusative | cēreum | cēream | cēreum | cēreōs | cēreās | cērea | |
| ablative | cēreō | cēreā | cēreō | cēreīs | |||
| vocative | cēree | cērea | cēreum | cēreī | cēreae | cērea | |
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Substantive from cēreus fūnis (“waxen cord”).
Noun
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
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cēreus | cēreī |
| genitive | cēreī | cēreōrum |
| dative | cēreō | cēreīs |
| accusative | cēreum | cēreōs |
| ablative | cēreō | cēreīs |
| vocative | cēree | cēreī |
Descendants
See also
| albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.) | glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.) | niger, āter, piceus, furvus |
| ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius | rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.) | flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.) |
| galbus, galbinus, lūridus | viridis | prasinus |
| cȳaneus | caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.) | glaucus; līvidus; venetus |
| violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.) | ostrīnus, amethystīnus | purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus |
References
- “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