Ceres

Etymology

Latin Cerēs, goddess of the bounty, akin to crēare (“to create”), crēscere (“to grow”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“to grow”). More at create.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪəɹiːz/
• Hyphenation: Ce‧res

Proper noun

Ceres

1. (Roman mythology) The Roman goddess of agriculture; equivalent to the Greek goddess Demeter.
2. (astronomy) A celestial body orbiting between Mars and Jupiter, the largest asteroid and innermost dwarf planet; officially called 1 Ceres.

Anagrams

• Crees, scree

Etymology

From English Ceres, from Latin Cerēs, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“to grow”).

Proper noun

Ceres

1. (Roman mythology) the Roman goddess of agriculture; equivalent to the Greek goddess Demeter
2. (astronomy) 1 Ceres; a celestial body orbiting between Mars and Jupiter, the largest asteroid and innermost dwarf planet

Etymology

From Latin Cerēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛrɛs]
• Rhymes: -ɛrɛs
• Hyphenation: Ce‧res

Proper noun

Ceres

1. (Roman mythology, feminine) Ceres, Roman goddess of agriculture; equivalent to the Greek goddess Demeter.
   • 2014, Mireia Ryšková, Pavel z Tarsu a jeho svět‎, Praha: Karolinum, →ISBN Invalid ISBN, page 436:

     Filón kritizuje i náboženská shromáždění a průvody k poctě bohyně Cerery, […]

     Philo criticises also the religious meetings and parades in honour of the goddes Ceres, […]

2. (astronomy, feminine, masculine inanimate) Ceres, a dwarf planet orbiting between Mars and Jupiter
   • 2017 February 17, kar, “Na trpasličí planetě Ceres jsme našli organický materiál, oznámila NASA”, in ČT24‎, Česká televize, archived from the original on 2018-01-01:

     Mise Dawn, v jejímž rámci NASA zkoumá trpasličí planetu Ceres, našla důkazy o organickém materiálu.

     The Dawn mission, in which NASA explores the dwarf planet Ceres, found evidence of organic material.

   • 2017 October 24, Petr Kubala, “Sonda Dawn zůstane věrná Cereře”, in VTM‎, archived from the original on 2017-11-14:

     Dawn bude Cereru zkoumat i v době, kdy bude nejblíže od Slunce.

     Dawn is going to explore Ceres also during the time when it is nearest from the Sun.

See also

Further reading

• Přidej špetku juna, Naše řeč, volume 56 (1973)

Etymology

From Latin Cerēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeres/
• Hyphenation: Ce‧res

Noun

Ceres

1. Ceres

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“to grow”). Cognate with creō, crēscō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈke.reːs/, [ˈkɛ.reːs]

Proper noun

Cerēs f (genitive Cereris); third declension

1. (Roman mythology) Ceres (Roman goddess)
2. (astronomy, New Latin) Ceres (dwarf planet)

References

• Ceres in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ceres in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Ceres in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Ceres in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Ceres in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Ceres in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cerēs.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ɾis/

Proper noun

Ceres f

1. (Roman mythology) Ceres (goddess of agriculture)

Proper noun

Ceres m

1. (astronomy) Ceres (dwarf planet in the Solar System)

See also

• Deméter

Proper noun

Ceres f

1. (Roman mythology) The Roman goddess of agriculture; equivalent to the Greek goddess Demeter.

Proper noun

Ceres m

1. (astronomy) Ceres (dwarf planet)