cerritus

Latin

Etymology

Meaning "possessed by Ceres," from Ceres +‎ -(i)tus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kerˈriː.tus/, [kɛrˈriːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃerˈri.tus/, [t͡ʃerˈriːt̪us]

Adjective

cerrītus (feminine cerrīta, neuter cerrītum); first/second-declension adjective

1. frantic, frenzied
2. mad, crazy, demented

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	cerrītus	cerrīta	cerrītum		cerrītī	cerrītae	cerrīta
genitive	cerrītī	cerrītae	cerrītī		cerrītōrum	cerrītārum	cerrītōrum
dative	cerrītō	cerrītae	cerrītō		cerrītīs
accusative	cerrītum	cerrītam	cerrītum		cerrītōs	cerrītās	cerrīta
ablative	cerrītō	cerrītā	cerrītō		cerrītīs
vocative	cerrīte	cerrīta	cerrītum		cerrītī	cerrītae	cerrīta

References

• “cerritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cerritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cerritus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.