cerussa

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /keːˈrus.sa/, [keːˈrʊs.sa]

Noun

cērussa f (genitive cērussae); first declension

  1. A white-lead or ceruse used by women to make the skin white.

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative cērussa cērussae
genitive cērussae cērussārum
dative cērussae cērussīs
accusative cērussam cērussās
ablative cērussā cērussīs
vocative cērussa cērussae

Derived terms

  • cērussātus

Descendants

References

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