cereolus

== Latin == === Etymology === From cēreus (“of wax, waxen”) + -olus (diminutive suffix). === Adjective === cēreolus (feminine cēreola, neuter cēreolum); first/second-declension adjective of the colour of wax (by extension) small candle (by extension) plum ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== (prūna) cēreola ("wax-colored plum") ==== Descendants ==== Asturian: ciruela Galician: cirola, cerolho, cerulho, zurulho Spanish: ciruela, ciruelo Italian: ciriola === References === “cereolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “cereolus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.