cerasus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === cerasum n ceresus (post-classical) === Etymology === From Ancient Greek κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), possibly of Anatolian origin. === Noun === cerasus f (genitive cerasī); second declension cherry tree cherry ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== Latin: cerasius Vulgar Latin: *ceresius Aromanian: ciresh, tsiresh, cireshu, tsireshu, chiresh Romanian: cireș Late Latin: cerasea, cerasia Italian: cerasa ==== Related terms ==== cerasium, ceresium (Late Latin) ceresia ==== Descendants ==== Italian: ceraso Old Spanish: cereso Spanish: cerezo === References === “cerasus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “cerasus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “cerasus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “cerasus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “cerasus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly