cerintha
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek κερίνθη (kerínthē) (not in lexicons), from κηρός (kērós, “wax”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”), from the belief that bees extracted wax from the blossoms to make their honeycombs.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /keːˈrin.tʰa/, [keːˈrɪn̪t̪ʰä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃeˈrin.ta/, [t͡ʃeˈrin̪t̪ä]
Noun
[edit]cērintha f (genitive cērinthae); first declension
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cērintha | cērinthae |
| genitive | cērinthae | cērinthārum |
| dative | cērinthae | cērinthīs |
| accusative | cērintham | cērinthās |
| ablative | cērinthā | cērinthīs |
| vocative | cērintha | cērinthae |
References
[edit]- “cerintha”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cerintha”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers