cedrium

Latin

Alternative forms

• cedreum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɛ.dri.ũː], [ˈkɛd.ri.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.dri.um], [ˈt͡ʃɛd.ri.um]

Noun

cedrium n (genitive cedriī or cedrī); second declension

1. The oil obtained from the cedar tree—cedar-oil.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	cedrium	cedria
genitive	cedriī cedrī1	cedriōrum
dative	cedriō	cedriīs
accusative	cedrium	cedria
ablative	cedriō	cedriīs
vocative	cedrium	cedria

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

• cedrelatē
• cedreus
• cedria
• cedrinus
• cedris
• cedrostis
• cedrus

References

• “cedrium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cedrium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.