cerasus

See also: Cerasus and Κερασοῦς

Latin

Alternative forms

• cerasum n

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), possibly of Anatolian origin.

Noun

cerasus f (genitive cerasī); second declension

1. cherry tree
2. cherry

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	cerasus	cerasī
genitive	cerasī	cerasōrum
dative	cerasō	cerasīs
accusative	cerasum	cerasōs
ablative	cerasō	cerasīs
vocative	cerase	cerasī

Related terms

• ceresia

Descendants

• Aromanian: ciresh, tsiresh
• Italian: ceraso, ciliegio
• Romanian: cireș
• Russian: черешня (čerešnja)
• Spanish: cerezo

References

• cerasus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cerasus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “cerasus” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• cerasus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cerasus in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly