English

Noun

ceratium

1. (rare) An orchid (Eria compressa).

References

• “ceratium, n.”, in OED Online, Oxford: Oxford University Press, February 2015.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κερᾱ́τῐον ‎(kerā́tion, “little horn, carob”), diminutive of κέρᾰς ‎(kéras, “horn”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /keˈraː.ti.um/, [kɛˈraː.ti.ũ]

Noun

cerātium n ‎(genitive cerātiī or cerātī); second declension

1. (botany) carob, Ceratonia siliqua

Declension

Second declension.

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

Synonyms

• (carob, Ceratonia siliqua): siliqua graeca/siliqua Graeca

Descendants

• English: Ceratium/ceratium

References

• ceratium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• CERATIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ceratium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• “cerātium” on page 330/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)