cereus

See also: Cereus

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From the genus name. Doublet of serge.

Noun

cereus (plural cereuses)

  1. Any of the genus Cereus of plants of the cactus family, natives to the Americas, from California to Chile.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology 1

From cēra (“wax”).

Adjective

cēreus (feminine cērea, neuter cēreum); first/second declension

  1. of wax, waxen
  2. of the colour of wax
  3. of the properties of wax; soft, pliant
  4. (figuratively) easily moved, swayed or persuaded
Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative cēreus cērea cēreum cēreī cēreae cērea
genitive cēreī cēreae cēreī cēreōrum cēreārum cēreōrum
dative cēreō 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 (“waxen”).

Noun

cēreus m (genitive cēreī); second declension

  1. a wax taper or light, particularly those that were brought by clients to their patrons as presents at the time of the Saturnalia
Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative cēreus cēreī
genitive cēreī cēreōrum
dative cēreō cēreīs
accusative cēreum cēreōs
ablative cēreō cēreīs
vocative cēree cēreī

Descendants

  • Portugues: círio
  • Sardinian: chíriu
  • Spanish: cirio

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, 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
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