ceratium

== English == === Etymology === From Latin cerātium (“carob”), from Ancient Greek κερᾱ́τῐον (kerā́tĭon, “little horn, carob”), diminutive of κέρᾰς (kérăs, “horn”). Doublet of carat, karat, and quilate. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɪˈɹeɪʃ(ɪ)əm/ === Noun === ceratium (rare) An orchid (Eria compressa). === References === “ceratium, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, February 2015. === Further reading === ceratium at The Plant List ceratium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Eria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Eria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons === Anagrams === muricate == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek κερᾱ́τῐον (kerā́tĭon, “little horn, carob”), diminutive of κέρᾰς (kérăs, “horn”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɛˈraː.ti.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃeˈrat.t͡si.um] === Noun === cerātium n (genitive cerātiī or cerātī); second declension carob, Ceratonia siliqua a Greek weight (clarification of this definition is needed) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Synonyms ==== (carob, Ceratonia siliqua): siliqua graeca/siliqua Graeca ==== Descendants ==== → English: Ceratium/ceratium === References === “ceratium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "ceratium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “ceratium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “cerātium” on page 330/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)