"cereus" meaning in Latin

See cereus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈkeː.re.us/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈkeːreʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈt͡ʃe.re.us/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈt͡ʃɛːreus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From cēra (“wax”). Head templates: {{la-adj|cēreus}} cēreus (feminine cērea, neuter cēreum); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|cēreus}} Forms: cēreus [canonical], cērea [feminine], cēreum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], cēreus [masculine, nominative, singular], cērea [feminine, nominative, singular], cēreum [neuter, nominative, singular], cēreī [masculine, nominative, singular], cēreae [feminine, nominative, plural], cērea [neuter, nominative, plural], cēreī [genitive, masculine, singular], cēreae [feminine, genitive, singular], cēreī [genitive, neuter, singular], cēreōrum [genitive, masculine, singular], cēreārum [feminine, genitive, plural], cēreōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], cēreō [dative, masculine, singular], cēreae [dative, feminine, singular], cēreō [dative, neuter, singular], cēreīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter], cēreum [accusative, masculine, singular], cēream [accusative, feminine, singular], cēreum [accusative, neuter, singular], cēreōs [accusative, masculine, singular], cēreās [accusative, feminine, plural], cērea [accusative, neuter, plural], cēreō [ablative, masculine, singular], cēreā [ablative, feminine, singular], cēreō [ablative, neuter, singular], cēreīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter], cēree [masculine, singular, vocative], cērea [feminine, singular, vocative], cēreum [neuter, singular, vocative], cēreī [masculine, singular, vocative], cēreae [feminine, plural, vocative], cērea [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. of wax, waxen Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-cereus-la-adj-vPMwoxPT
  2. of the colour of wax Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-cereus-la-adj-YHjI5iUs
  3. of the properties of wax; soft, pliant Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-cereus-la-adj-yQwCVJhA Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 6 1 23 33 38
  4. (figuratively) easily moved, swayed or persuaded Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2, figuratively
    Sense id: en-cereus-la-adj-bLdVXAqq Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 6 1 23 33 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cēreolus
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈkeː.re.us/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈkeːreʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈt͡ʃe.re.us/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈt͡ʃɛːreus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Substantive from cēreus fūnis (“waxen cord”). Head templates: {{la-noun|cēreus<2>}} cēreus m (genitive cēreī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|cēreus<2>}} Forms: cēreus [canonical, masculine], cēreī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cēreus [nominative, singular], cēreī [nominative, plural], cēreī [genitive, singular], cēreōrum [genitive, plural], cēreō [dative, singular], cēreīs [dative, plural], cēreum [accusative, singular], cēreōs [accusative, plural], cēreō [ablative, singular], cēreīs [ablative, plural], cēree [singular, vocative], cēreī [plural, vocative]
  1. a wax taper or light, particularly those that were brought by clients to their patrons as presents at the time of the Saturnalia Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-cereus-la-noun-5ddeZywV Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 6 1 23 33 38 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 26 5 15 16 37 Related terms: albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (english: ML.), glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (english: ML. or NL.), niger, āter, piceus, furvus, ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus, cocceus, coccīnus, badius, rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus, fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (english: ML.), flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (english: ML.), galbus, galbinus, lūridus, viridis, prasinus, cȳaneus, caeruleus, azurīnus (english: ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.), līvidus, venetus, violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.), ostrīnus, amethystīnus, purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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      "text": "Dalmatian:"
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      "form": "cēreī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cēreus<2>"
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      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
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          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
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        }
      ],
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        "a wax taper or light, particularly those that were brought by clients to their patrons as presents at the time of the Saturnalia"
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        [
          "wax",
          "wax"
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        [
          "taper",
          "taper"
        ],
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ],
        [
          "brought",
          "brought"
        ],
        [
          "clients",
          "clients"
        ],
        [
          "patrons",
          "patrons"
        ],
        [
          "presents",
          "presents"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "Saturnalia",
          "Saturnalia"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "albus"
        },
        {
          "word": "candidus"
        },
        {
          "word": "subalbus"
        },
        {
          "word": "niveus"
        },
        {
          "word": "cēreus"
        },
        {
          "word": "marmoreus"
        },
        {
          "word": "eburneus"
        },
        {
          "word": "cānus"
        },
        {
          "english": "ML.",
          "word": "blancus"
        },
        {
          "word": "glaucus"
        },
        {
          "word": "rāvus"
        },
        {
          "word": "pullus"
        },
        {
          "word": "cinereus"
        },
        {
          "word": "cinerāceus"
        },
        {
          "word": "plumbeus"
        },
        {
          "english": "ML. or NL.",
          "word": "grīseus"
        },
        {
          "word": "niger"
        },
        {
          "word": "āter"
        },
        {
          "word": "piceus"
        },
        {
          "word": "furvus"
        },
        {
          "word": "ruber"
        },
        {
          "word": "rūbidus"
        },
        {
          "word": "rūfus"
        },
        {
          "word": "rubicundus"
        },
        {
          "word": "russus"
        },
        {
          "word": "rubrīcus"
        },
        {
          "word": "pūniceus"
        },
        {
          "word": "murrinus"
        },
        {
          "word": "mulleus"
        },
        {
          "word": "cocceus"
        },
        {
          "word": "coccīnus"
        },
        {
          "word": "badius"
        },
        {
          "word": "rutilus"
        },
        {
          "word": "armeniacus"
        },
        {
          "word": "aurantius"
        },
        {
          "word": "aurantiacus"
        },
        {
          "word": "fuscus"
        },
        {
          "word": "suffuscus"
        },
        {
          "word": "colōrius"
        },
        {
          "word": "cervīnus"
        },
        {
          "word": "spādīx"
        },
        {
          "word": "castaneus"
        },
        {
          "word": "aquilus"
        },
        {
          "word": "fulvus"
        },
        {
          "english": "ML.",
          "word": "brunneus"
        },
        {
          "word": "flāvus"
        },
        {
          "word": "sufflāvus"
        },
        {
          "word": "flāvidus"
        },
        {
          "word": "lūteus"
        },
        {
          "word": "gilvus"
        },
        {
          "word": "helvus"
        },
        {
          "word": "croceus"
        },
        {
          "word": "pallidus"
        },
        {
          "english": "ML.",
          "word": "blondinus"
        },
        {
          "word": "galbus"
        },
        {
          "word": "galbinus"
        },
        {
          "word": "lūridus"
        },
        {
          "word": "viridis"
        },
        {
          "word": "prasinus"
        },
        {
          "word": "cȳaneus"
        },
        {
          "word": "caeruleus"
        },
        {
          "english": "ML.",
          "word": "azurīnus"
        },
        {
          "word": "caesius"
        },
        {
          "roman": "LL.",
          "word": "blāvus"
        },
        {
          "word": "līvidus"
        },
        {
          "word": "venetus"
        },
        {
          "word": "violāceus"
        },
        {
          "word": "ianthinus"
        },
        {
          "roman": "NL.",
          "word": "balaustīnus"
        },
        {
          "word": "ostrīnus"
        },
        {
          "word": "amethystīnus"
        },
        {
          "word": "purpureus"
        },
        {
          "word": "ātropurpureus"
        },
        {
          "word": "roseus"
        },
        {
          "word": "rosāceus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkeː.re.us/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkeːreʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃe.re.us/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃɛːreus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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}
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  "categories": [
    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin adjectives",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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    {
      "word": "cēreolus"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "ceri"
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          "expansion": "Catalan: ceri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "céreo"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: céreo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: céreo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "cereo"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: cereo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: cereo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "céreo"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: céreo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: céreo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "céreo"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: céreo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: céreo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "cierge"
          },
          "expansion": "French: cierge",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: cierge"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "cēreus",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cērea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cērea",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cērea",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēream",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cērea",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēree",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cērea",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cērea",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cēreus"
      },
      "expansion": "cēreus (feminine cērea, neuter cēreum); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cēreus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "of wax, waxen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wax",
          "wax"
        ],
        [
          "waxen",
          "waxen"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "of the colour of wax"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "colour",
          "colour"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "of the properties of wax; soft, pliant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "properties",
          "properties"
        ],
        [
          "soft",
          "soft"
        ],
        [
          "pliant",
          "pliant"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "easily moved, swayed or persuaded"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "easily",
          "easily"
        ],
        [
          "moved",
          "moved"
        ],
        [
          "swayed",
          "swayed"
        ],
        [
          "persuaded",
          "persuaded"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) easily moved, swayed or persuaded"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkeː.re.us/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkeːreʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃe.re.us/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃɛːreus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cereus"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Dalmatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "cir"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "cero"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: cero",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: cero"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Padanian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "siri"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: siri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: siri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Northern Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "ciéro"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: ciéro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: ciéro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "cierge"
          },
          "expansion": "French: cierge",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: cierge"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "ciérjo",
            "bor": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? Franco-Provençal: ciérjo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? Franco-Provençal: ciérjo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Southern Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "ciri"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: ciri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: ciri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "ciri"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: ciri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: ciri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "círio"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: círio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: círio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "cirio"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: cirio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: cirio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Insular Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "chíriu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: chíriu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: chíriu"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "Substantive from cēreus fūnis (“waxen cord”).",
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    {
      "form": "cēreus",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēree",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēreī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cēreus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "cēreus m (genitive cēreī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cēreus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "albus"
    },
    {
      "word": "candidus"
    },
    {
      "word": "subalbus"
    },
    {
      "word": "niveus"
    },
    {
      "word": "cēreus"
    },
    {
      "word": "marmoreus"
    },
    {
      "word": "eburneus"
    },
    {
      "word": "cānus"
    },
    {
      "english": "ML.",
      "word": "blancus"
    },
    {
      "word": "glaucus"
    },
    {
      "word": "rāvus"
    },
    {
      "word": "pullus"
    },
    {
      "word": "cinereus"
    },
    {
      "word": "cinerāceus"
    },
    {
      "word": "plumbeus"
    },
    {
      "english": "ML. or NL.",
      "word": "grīseus"
    },
    {
      "word": "niger"
    },
    {
      "word": "āter"
    },
    {
      "word": "piceus"
    },
    {
      "word": "furvus"
    },
    {
      "word": "ruber"
    },
    {
      "word": "rūbidus"
    },
    {
      "word": "rūfus"
    },
    {
      "word": "rubicundus"
    },
    {
      "word": "russus"
    },
    {
      "word": "rubrīcus"
    },
    {
      "word": "pūniceus"
    },
    {
      "word": "murrinus"
    },
    {
      "word": "mulleus"
    },
    {
      "word": "cocceus"
    },
    {
      "word": "coccīnus"
    },
    {
      "word": "badius"
    },
    {
      "word": "rutilus"
    },
    {
      "word": "armeniacus"
    },
    {
      "word": "aurantius"
    },
    {
      "word": "aurantiacus"
    },
    {
      "word": "fuscus"
    },
    {
      "word": "suffuscus"
    },
    {
      "word": "colōrius"
    },
    {
      "word": "cervīnus"
    },
    {
      "word": "spādīx"
    },
    {
      "word": "castaneus"
    },
    {
      "word": "aquilus"
    },
    {
      "word": "fulvus"
    },
    {
      "english": "ML.",
      "word": "brunneus"
    },
    {
      "word": "flāvus"
    },
    {
      "word": "sufflāvus"
    },
    {
      "word": "flāvidus"
    },
    {
      "word": "lūteus"
    },
    {
      "word": "gilvus"
    },
    {
      "word": "helvus"
    },
    {
      "word": "croceus"
    },
    {
      "word": "pallidus"
    },
    {
      "english": "ML.",
      "word": "blondinus"
    },
    {
      "word": "galbus"
    },
    {
      "word": "galbinus"
    },
    {
      "word": "lūridus"
    },
    {
      "word": "viridis"
    },
    {
      "word": "prasinus"
    },
    {
      "word": "cȳaneus"
    },
    {
      "word": "caeruleus"
    },
    {
      "english": "ML.",
      "word": "azurīnus"
    },
    {
      "word": "caesius"
    },
    {
      "roman": "LL.",
      "word": "blāvus"
    },
    {
      "word": "līvidus"
    },
    {
      "word": "venetus"
    },
    {
      "word": "violāceus"
    },
    {
      "word": "ianthinus"
    },
    {
      "roman": "NL.",
      "word": "balaustīnus"
    },
    {
      "word": "ostrīnus"
    },
    {
      "word": "amethystīnus"
    },
    {
      "word": "purpureus"
    },
    {
      "word": "ātropurpureus"
    },
    {
      "word": "roseus"
    },
    {
      "word": "rosāceus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a wax taper or light, particularly those that were brought by clients to their patrons as presents at the time of the Saturnalia"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wax",
          "wax"
        ],
        [
          "taper",
          "taper"
        ],
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ],
        [
          "brought",
          "brought"
        ],
        [
          "clients",
          "clients"
        ],
        [
          "patrons",
          "patrons"
        ],
        [
          "presents",
          "presents"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "Saturnalia",
          "Saturnalia"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkeː.re.us/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkeːreʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃe.re.us/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃɛːreus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cereus"
}

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