ceritis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κηρῖτις (kērîtis).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /keːˈriː.tis/, [keːˈriːt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈri.tis/, [t͡ʃeˈriːt̪is]

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.