cedrus
See also: Cedrus and cédrus
Latin
cedrus
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros, “applied to species of Juniperus and similar trees”). Compare with its possible mutation citrus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈke.drus/, [ˈkɛ.drʊs]
Noun
cedrus f (genitive cedrī); second declension
- the juniper tree, Juniperus oxycedrus
- (by extension) cedar-oil, used to anoint books to preserve them from damage by moth or decay
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cedrus | cedrī |
| Genitive | cedrī | cedrōrum |
| Dative | cedrō | cedrīs |
| Accusative | cedrum | cedrōs |
| Ablative | cedrō | cedrīs |
| Vocative | cedre | cedrī |
Synonyms
- (cedar-oil): cedrium
Related terms
- cedrelatē
- cedria
- cedrinus
- cedris
- cedrium
Descendants
- Catalan: cedre
- English: cedar
- French: cèdre
- Galician: cidreira
- Italian: cedro
- Norman: cèdre
- Portuguese: cedro
- Romanian: cedru
- Spanish: cedro
- Translingual: Cedrus
References
- cedrus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cedrus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cedrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette