caesaries

== Latin == === Etymology === Traditionally derived from a Proto-Indo-European *kéysero- (“(combed) hair”), and compared with Sanskrit केसर (késara, “hair”), Lithuanian kai̇̃šti (“to plane, polish”). De Vaan mentions the connections above, and posits a derivation from an original form *caesar, which may be related to the name Caesar, but notes the uncertainty of further origins. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kae̯ˈsa.ri.eːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃeˈs̬aː.ri.es] === Noun === caesariēs f (genitive caesariēī); fifth declension (long, flowing, luxuriant) or (dark, beautiful) hair ==== Declension ==== Fifth-declension noun. === References === === Further reading === “caesaries”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “caesaries”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “caesaries”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.