cereolus

Latin

Etymology

From cēreus (“of wax, waxen”) +‎ -olus (diminutive suffix).

Adjective

cēreolus (feminine cēreola, neuter cēreolum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of the colour of wax
2. (by extension) small candle
3. (by extension) plum

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	cēreolus	cēreola	cēreolum		cēreolī	cēreolae	cēreola
genitive	cēreolī	cēreolae	cēreolī		cēreolōrum	cēreolārum	cēreolōrum
dative	cēreolō	cēreolae	cēreolō		cēreolīs
accusative	cēreolum	cēreolam	cēreolum		cēreolōs	cēreolās	cēreola
ablative	cēreolō	cēreolā	cēreolō		cēreolīs
vocative	cēreole	cēreola	cēreolum		cēreolī	cēreolae	cēreola

Derived terms

• (prūna) cēreola ("wax-colored plum")

Descendants

• Asturian: ciruela
• Galician: cirola, cerolho, cerulho, zurulho
• Spanish: ciruela, ciruelo
• Italian: ciriola

References

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