ceratium
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin cerātium (“carob”), from Ancient Greek κερᾱ́τῐον (kerā́tion, “little horn, carob”), diminutive of κέρᾰς (kéras, “horn”). Doublet of carat.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ceratium
- (rare) An orchid (Eria compressa).
References[edit]
- “ceratium, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, February 2015.
Further reading[edit]
- ceratium at The Plant List
- ceratium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Eria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Eria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek κερᾱ́τῐον (kerā́tion, “little horn, carob”), diminutive of κέρᾰς (kéras, “horn”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /keˈraː.ti.um/, [kɛˈräːt̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃeˈrat.t͡si.um/, [t͡ʃeˈrät̪ː͡s̪ium]
Noun[edit]
cerātium n (genitive cerātiī or cerātī); second declension
- carob, Ceratonia siliqua
- a Greek weight (clarification of this definition is needed)
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cerātium | cerātia |
Genitive | cerātiī cerātī1 |
cerātiōrum |
Dative | cerātiō | cerātiīs |
Accusative | cerātium | cerātia |
Ablative | cerātiō | cerātiīs |
Vocative | cerātium | cerātia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Synonyms[edit]
- (carob, Ceratonia siliqua): siliqua graeca/siliqua Graeca
Descendants[edit]
Translingual descendants
References[edit]
- “ceratium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ceratium 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)
- ceratium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “cerātium” on page 330/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
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