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

Declension

Second-declension noun.

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
• 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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• 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