cerasus

See also: Cerasus and Κερασοῦς

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), possibly of Anatolian origin.

Noun

cerasus f (genitive cerasī); second declension

  1. cherry tree
  2. cherry

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cerasus cerasī
Genitive cerasī cerasōrum
Dative cerasō cerasīs
Accusative cerasum cerasōs
Ablative cerasō cerasīs
Vocative cerase cerasī

Descendants

References
  • cerasus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cerasus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cerasus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • cerasus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cerasus in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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