"cerastes" meaning in Latin

See cerastes in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [kɛˈras.teːs] [Classical-Latin], [t͡ʃeˈras.tes] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ ? Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *kérats Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) Ancient Greek κεράστης (kerástēs)bor. Latin cerastēs Borrowed from Ancient Greek κεράστης (kerástēs). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:bor|grc:κεράστης|text=+|title=cerastēs|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ ? Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *kérats Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) Ancient Greek κεράστης (kerástēs)bor. Latin cerastēs [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "horn", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "head", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "grow", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ḱer-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ḱerh₂-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*kérats", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "κέρας", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" }, { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal adjectives", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-της", "lang" : "grc", "pos" : "masculine agent-noun suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "κεράστης", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "cerastēs", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="cerastēs"> Borrowed from Ancient Greek κεράστης (kerástēs). Head templates: {{la-noun|cerastēs<1>}} cerastēs m (genitive cerastae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|cerastēs<1>}} Forms: cerastēs [canonical, masculine], cerastae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cerastēs [nominative, singular], cerastae [nominative, plural], cerastae [genitive, singular], cerastārum [genitive, plural], cerastae [dative, singular], cerastīs [dative, plural], cerastēn [accusative, singular], cerastās [accusative, plural], cerastē [ablative, singular], cerastīs [ablative, plural], cerastē [singular, vocative], cerastae [plural, vocative]
  1. horned viper (of genus Cerastes) Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-cerastes-la-noun-l16FIbkg Categories (other): Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the first declension, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Snakes
     
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