caesaries

caesaries

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kéysero- (“hair”). Cognate with Sanskrit केसर (kesara, “hair”).[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kae̯ˈsa.ri.eːs/, [käe̯ˈs̠ärieːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈsa.ri.es/, [t͡ʃeˈs̬äːries]

Noun

caesariēs f (genitive caesariēī); fifth declension

1. (long, flowing, luxuriant) or (dark, beautiful) hair
   • 8th century CE, Paulus Diaconus, Karl Otfried Müller, editor, Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum, page 57:

     Caesar, quod est cognomen Iuliorum, a caesarie dictus est, qui scilicet cum caesarie natus est.

     Caesar, which is the cognomen of the Iulii, is named for long hair, that is, he who was born with long hair.

Declension

Fifth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	caesariēs	caesariēs
Genitive	caesariēī	caesariērum
Dative	caesariēī	caesariēbus
Accusative	caesariem	caesariēs
Ablative	caesariē	caesariēbus
Vocative	caesariēs	caesariēs

References

1. Wood, Indo-European Ax: Axi: Axu: A Study in Ablaut and in Word Formation

Further reading

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