ceritis

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κηρῖτις (kērîtis).

Pronunciation

Noun

cērītis f (genitive cērītidis); third declension

  1. A precious stone similar to wax

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cērītis cērītidēs
genitive cērītidis cērītidum
dative cērītidī cērītidibus
accusative cērītidem cērītidēs
ablative cērītide cērītidibus
vocative cērītis cērītidēs

References

  • “ceritis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ceritis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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