ceratium
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English
Etymology
From Latin cerātium (“carob”), from Ancient Greek κερᾱ́τῐον (kerā́tion, “little horn, carob”), diminutive of κέρᾰς (kéras, “horn”). Doublet of carat, karat, and quilate.
Pronunciation
Noun
ceratium
- (rare) An orchid (Eria compressa).
References
- “ceratium, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, February 2015.
Further reading
- ceratium at The Plant List
ceratium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Eria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Eria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κερᾱ́τῐον (kerā́tion, “little horn, carob”), diminutive of κέρᾰς (kéras, “horn”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /keˈraː.ti.um/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃeˈrat.t͡si.um/,
Noun
cerātium n (genitive cerātiī or cerātī); second declension
- carob, Ceratonia siliqua
- a Greek weight (clarification of this definition is needed)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| 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
- (carob, Ceratonia siliqua): siliqua graeca/siliqua Graeca
Descendants
Translingual descendants
References
- “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)