ceritis

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek κηρῖτις (kērîtis). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [keːˈriː.tɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃeˈriː.tis] === Noun === cērītis f (genitive cērītidis); third declension A precious stone similar to wax ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “ceritis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ceritis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.