cerintha

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κερίνθη (kerínthē) (not in lexicons), from κηρός (kērós, “wax”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”), from the belief that bees extracted wax from the blossoms to make their honeycombs.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /keːˈrin.tʰa/, [keːˈrɪn̪t̪ʰä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈrin.ta/, [t͡ʃɛˈrin̪t̪ä]

Noun

cērintha f (genitive cērinthae); first declension

(botany) cerinthe, honeywort

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cērintha	cērinthae
Genitive	cērinthae	cērinthārum
Dative	cērinthae	cērinthīs
Accusative	cērintham	cērinthās
Ablative	cērinthā	cērinthīs
Vocative	cērintha	cērinthae

References

cerintha in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
cerintha in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers