caerimonia

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Etymology[edit]

Unclear. It formally matches Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman, action, deed; karma), as if both were from Proto-Indo-European *kʷermon-, itself an abstract noun formed from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (to do, make). According to de Vaan, however, it's a derivation from the unattested adjective *caerus +‎ -mōnia also found as the second part of the compound sincērus (whole, sound).

Romans folk-etymologized this word as if coming from the name of the city of Caere.

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Noun[edit]

caerimōnia f (genitive caerimōniae); first declension

  1. religious ceremony, ritual
  2. sacredness, sanctity
  3. reverence, veneration, awe

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative caerimōnia caerimōniae
Genitive caerimōniae caerimōniārum
Dative caerimōniae caerimōniīs
Accusative caerimōniam caerimōniās
Ablative caerimōniā caerimōniīs
Vocative caerimōnia caerimōniae

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References[edit]

  • caerimonia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • caerimonia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • caerimonia 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)
  • caerimonia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to invoke an irrevocable curse on the profanation of sacred rites: violatas caerimonias inexpiabili religione sancire (Tusc. 1. 12. 27)
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 81