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Webster 1913 Edition
Cerastes
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Ce-ras′tes
,Noun.
[L., a horned serpent, fr. Gr.
κεράστησ
horned, fr. κέρασ
horn.] (Zool.)
A genus of poisonous African serpents, with a horny scale over each eye; the horned viper.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cerastes
CERASTES
,Noun.
Definition 2025
cerastes
cerastes
Latin
Noun
cerastēs m (genitive cerastae); first declension
- horned viper (of genus Cerastes)
Inflection
First declension, masculine Greek type with nominative singular in -ēs.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cerastēs | cerastae |
| genitive | cerastae | cerastārum |
| dative | cerastae | cerastīs |
| accusative | cerastēn | cerastās |
| ablative | cerastē | cerastīs |
| vocative | cerastē | cerastae |
Descendants
- Italian: ceraste
References
- cerastes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cerastes in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- CERASTES in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cerastes”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.