cerussa
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /keːˈrus.sa/, [keːˈrʊs̠ːä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃeˈrus.sa/, [t͡ʃeˈrusːä]
Noun
cērussa f (genitive cērussae); first declension
- A white-lead or ceruse used by women to make the skin white.
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cērussa | cērussae |
| Genitive | cērussae | cērussārum |
| Dative | cērussae | cērussīs |
| Accusative | cērussam | cērussās |
| Ablative | cērussā | cērussīs |
| Vocative | cērussa | cērussae |
Derived terms
- cērussātus
Descendants
- English: ceruse, cerussite
- → Hungarian: ceruza
- → Slovak: ceruza
References
- “cerussa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cerussa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cerussa 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)
- cerussa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “cerussa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers