cerasium

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κερᾰ́σῐον (kerásion, cherry (fruit)), from κερασός (kerasós, bird cherry (tree)), corresponding to Latin cerasus.

Pronunciation

Noun

cerasium n (genitive cerasiī); second declension

  1. cherry, fruit of the cherry tree
    • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 23.72.141:
      cerasia alvum molliunt, stomacho inutilia; eadem siccata alvum sistunt, urinam cient.
      • Translation by W. H. S. Jones
        Cherries relax the bowels, but are injurious to the stomach; dried cherries arrest looseness of the bowels and are diuretic.
    • c. 160 CEc. 225 CE, Tertullian, Apologeticus 11.8:
      Ceterum si propterea Liber deus, quod vitem demonstravit, male cum Lucullo actum est, qui primus cerasia ex Ponto Italiae promulgavit, quod non est propterea consecratus ut frugis novae auctor, qui ostensor.
      But if Bacchus is made a god because he discovered the grapevine, Lucullus, who first introduced cherries from Pontus to Italy, has not been fairly dealt with; for as the discoverer of a new fruit, he has not, as though he were its creator, been awarded divine honours.
    • 200–400 Hermeneumata Pseudodositheana Leidensia Book 2 sect. Περὶ δένδρον De arboribus = Corpus glossariorum latinorum III p. 26 l. 20
      κεραϲιον cerasium
      κεράσιον cerasium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cerasium cerasia
Genitive cerasiī cerasiōrum
Dative cerasiō cerasiīs
Accusative cerasium cerasia
Ablative cerasiō cerasiīs
Vocative cerasium cerasia

Related terms

Descendants

  • Vulgar Latin: ceresium
    • Late Latin: ceresia (see there for further descendants)

References

  • cerasium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.