cerinthus

See also: Cerinthus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κήρῐνθος (kḗrĭnthos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [keːˈrɪn.tʰʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃeˈrin.tus]

Noun

cērinthus m (genitive cērinthī); second declension

1. beebread; sandarac (bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions, stored in brood cells)

   Synonyms: erithacē, sandaraca

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cērinthus	cērinthī
genitive	cērinthī	cērinthōrum
dative	cērinthō	cērinthīs
accusative	cērinthum	cērinthōs
ablative	cērinthō	cērinthīs
vocative	cērinthe	cērinthī

References

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