cerastes
See also: Cerastes
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek κεράστης (kerástēs)
Noun
cerastes (plural cerastae)
- (mythology) A very flexible horned serpent in Greek legend, said to have no spine and to hide its head in the sand awaiting prey.
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κεράστης (kerástēs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /keˈras.teːs/, [kɛˈräs̠t̪eːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃeˈras.tes/, [t͡ʃeˈräst̪es]
Noun
cerastēs m (genitive cerastae); first declension
- horned viper (of genus Cerastes)
Declension
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cerastēs | cerastae |
| Genitive | cerastae | cerastārum |
| Dative | cerastae | cerastīs |
| Accusative | cerastēn | cerastās |
| Ablative | cerastē | cerastīs |
| Vocative | cerastē | cerastae |
Descendants
- Italian: ceraste
References
- “cerastes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cerastes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cerastes in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- cerastes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette