ceratium
See also: Ceratium
English
Etymology
From Latin cerātium (“carob”), from Ancient Greek κερᾱ́τῐον (kerā́tion, “little horn, carob”), diminutive of κέρᾰς (kéras, “horn”). Doublet of carat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɪˈɹeɪʃ(ɪ)əm/
Noun
ceratium
- (rare) An orchid (Eria compressa).
References
- “ceratium, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, February 2015.
Further reading
- ceratium at The Plant List
ceratium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Eria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Eria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- muricate
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κερᾱ́τῐον (kerā́tion, “little horn, carob”), diminutive of κέρᾰς (kéras, “horn”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /keˈraː.ti.um/, [kɛˈräːt̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃeˈrat.t͡si.um/, [t͡ʃeˈrät̪ː͡s̪ium]
Noun
cerātium n (genitive cerātiī or cerātī); second declension
- carob, Ceratonia siliqua
- a Greek weight (clarification of this definition is needed)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cerātium | cerātia |
| Genitive | cerātiī cerātī1 | cerātiōrum |
| Dative | cerātiō | cerātiīs |
| Accusative | cerātium | cerātia |
| Ablative | cerātiō | cerātiīs |
| Vocative | cerātium | cerātia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Synonyms
- (carob, Ceratonia siliqua): siliqua graeca/siliqua Graeca
Descendants
Translingual descendants
- Ceratium
- Ceratium arcticum
- Ceratium cephalotum
- Ceratium deflexum
- Ceratium extensum
- Ceratium falcatum
- Ceratium filicorne
- Ceratium furca
- Ceratium hexacanthum
- Ceratium hirundinella
- Ceratium lunula
- Ceratium pentagonum robustum
- Ceratium pentagonum tenerum
- Ceratium tripos atlanticum
- → English: Ceratium/ceratium
References
- “ceratium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ceratium 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)
- ceratium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “cerātium” on page 330/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)