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Webster 1913 Edition


Ceres

Ce′res

,
Noun.
[L., Ceres, also corn, grain, akin to E.
create
.]
1.
(Class. Myth.)
The daughter of Saturn and Ops or Rhea, the goddess of corn and tillage.
2.
(Actron.)
The first discovered asteroid.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ceres

CERES

,
Noun.
1.
In mythology, the inventor or goddess of corn, or rather the name of corn deified.
2.
The name of a planet discovered by M. Piozzi, at Palermo in Sicily, in 1801.

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Ceres

Ceres

See also: ceres, Cérès, and cerēs

English

Ceres astronomical symbol

Proper noun

Ceres

  1. (Roman mythology) The Roman goddess of agriculture; equivalent to the Greek goddess Demeter.
  2. (astronomy) A celestial body orbiting between Mars and Jupiter, the largest asteroid and innermost dwarf planet; officially called 1 Ceres.

Synonyms

  • (astronomy): 1 Ceres ,

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Irish

Proper noun

Ceres f

  1. Ceres (dwarf planet)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Ceres Cheres gCeres
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (to grow). Cognate with creō, crēscō.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈke.reːs/, [ˈkɛ.reːs]

Proper noun

Cerēs f (genitive Cereris); third declension

  1. (Roman mythology) Ceres (Roman goddess)
  2. (astronomy, New Latin) Ceres (dwarf planet)

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative Cerēs Cererēs
genitive Cereris Cererum
dative Cererī Cereribus
accusative Cererem Cererēs
ablative Cerere Cereribus
vocative Cerēs Cererēs

Derived terms

  • Cereālis

References


Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.ɾis/

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin Cerēs.

Proper noun

Ceres f

  1. (Roman mythology) Ceres (goddess of agriculture)

Proper noun

Ceres m

  1. (astronomy) Ceres (dwarf planet in the Solar System)

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Spanish

Proper noun

Ceres f

  1. (Roman mythology) The Roman goddess of agriculture; equivalent to the Greek goddess Demeter.

Proper noun

Ceres m

  1. (astronomy) Ceres (dwarf planet)

ceres

ceres

See also: Ceres, Cérès, and cerēs

English

Noun

ceres

  1. plural of cere

Anagrams


Latin

Verb

cērēs

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of cērō

References

  • CERES in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • ceres in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ceres in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray