cerintha
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek κερίνθη (kerínthē) (not in lexicons), from κηρός (kērós, “wax”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”), from the belief that bees extracted wax from the blossoms to make their honeycombs.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /keːˈrin.tʰa/, [keːˈrɪn̪t̪ʰä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃeˈrin.ta/, [t͡ʃeˈrin̪t̪ä]
Noun[edit]
cērintha f (genitive cērinthae); first declension
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cērintha | cērinthae |
| Genitive | cērinthae | cērinthārum |
| Dative | cērinthae | cērinthīs |
| Accusative | cērintham | cērinthās |
| Ablative | cērinthā | cērinthīs |
| Vocative | cērintha | cērinthae |
References[edit]
- “cerintha”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cerintha”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers