Ceres

Learned borrowing from Latin Cerēs, goddess of the bounty, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“to grow, to nourish”). More at create.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪəɹiːz/
• Hyphenation: Ce‧res

Ceres

1. (Roman mythology) The Roman goddess of agriculture; equivalent to the Greek goddess Demeter.
2. (astronomy) A celestial body orbiting between Mars and Jupiter, the largest asteroid and innermost dwarf planet; officially called (1) Ceres.
3. A city in Stanislaus County, California, United States.

• (astronomy, astrology): ⚳

• cereal
• cerium
• Cerean, Cererean, Cererian

• (most likely dwarf planets of the Solar System) Ceres, Orcus, Pluto, Haumea, Quaoar, Makemake, Gonggong, Eris, Sedna
• (mythology): Ceres on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (astronomy): Ceres (dwarf planet) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Crees, scree

From Dutch Ceres.

• Hyphenation: Ce‧res

Ceres

1. (astronomy) Ceres
2. (Roman mythology) Ceres

Borrowed from Latin Cerēs.

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛrɛs]
• Rhymes: -ɛrɛs
• Hyphenation: Ce‧res

Ceres f (related adjective Cereřin)

1. (Roman mythology) Ceres, Roman goddess of agriculture; equivalent to the Greek goddess Demeter
   • 2014, Mireia Ryšková, Pavel z Tarsu a jeho svět, Praha: Karolinum, →ISBN, page 436:

     Filón kritizuje i náboženská shromáždění a průvody k poctě bohyně Cerery, […]

     Philo criticises also the religious meetings and parades in honour of the goddes Ceres, […]

when feminine:

when masculine inanimate (dwarf planet):

Ceres f or m inan

1. (astronomy) Ceres, a dwarf planet orbiting between Mars and Jupiter
   • 2017 February 17, kar, “Na trpasličí planetě Ceres jsme našli organický materiál, oznámila NASA”, in ČT24‎, Česká televize, archived from the original on 19 February 2018:

     Mise Dawn, v jejímž rámci NASA zkoumá trpasličí planetu Ceres, našla důkazy o organickém materiálu.

     The Dawn mission, in which NASA explores the dwarf planet Ceres, found evidence of organic material.

   • 2017 October 24, Petr Kubala, “Sonda Dawn zůstane věrná Cereře”, in VTM‎, archived from the original on 2017-11-14:

     Dawn bude Cereru zkoumat i v době, kdy bude nejblíže od Slunce.

     Dawn is going to explore Ceres also during the time when it is nearest from the Sun.

• Both the name of the goddess and the celestial body are traditionally feminine, but in modern usage the latter one is sometimes also treated as indeclinable or inflected as masculine inanimate.

when feminine:

when masculine:

• Přidej špetku juna, Naše řeč, volume 56 (1973)

First attested as Ceres in 1913. Borrowed from Latin Cerēs.

• Hyphenation: Ce‧res

Ceres n

1. A neighbourhood of Hollands Kroon, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

• Afrikaans: Ceres

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “ceres”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

From Latin Cerēs.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeres/, [ˈk̟e̞re̞s̠]
• Syllabification^(key): Ce‧res

Ceres

1. (astronomy) Ceres

From Proto-Italic *kerēs, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerēs, from *ḱer- (“to grow”). Cognate with creō, crēscō, Faliscan 𐌂𐌄𐌓𐌄𐌔 (ceres, “Ceres”) and Oscan Kerrí (dat. sg.).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈke.reːs/, [ˈkɛreːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.res/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːres]

Cerēs f sg (genitive Cereris); third declension

1. (Roman mythology) Ceres (goddess of agriculture)
2. (New Latin, astronomy) Ceres (dwarf planet)
3. (figuratively) food, bread, fruit, corn, grain, etc.
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.177-179:

     Tum Cererem corruptam undīs Cereāliaque arma
     expediunt fessī rērum; frūgēsque receptās
     et torrēre parant flammīs et frangere saxō.

     Then, weary of [these] circumstances, they brought out [the grain of] Ceres, soaked with seawater, and the utensils of Ceres; and they prepared both to roast with flames and to grind with stone that grain [which] had been recovered.

• Very rarely found in the plural (cf. sacerdōs Cerērum found in one inscription, referring to Proserpina).

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• cereālis
• Cereālis

• → Czech: Ceres
• → Dutch: Ceres
  • Afrikaans: Ceres
• → English: Ceres
• → Finnish: Ceres
• → Italian: Cerere
• → Polish: Ceres
• → Portuguese: Ceres
• → Sicilian: Cèriri
• → Spanish: Ceres
• → Swahili: Ceres

• “Ceres”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ceres”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Ceres in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Ceres in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “Ceres”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Ceres”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Borrowed from Latin Cerēs (“goddess of bounty”), from Proto-Italic *kerēs, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerēs, from *ḱer- (“to grow”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.rɛs/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrɛs
• Syllabification: Ce‧res
• Homophone: ceres

Ceres f (indeclinable)

1. (Roman mythology) Ceres (the Roman goddess of agriculture and fertility)
2. (astronomy) Ceres (the dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)

• Ceres in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Ceres in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Latin Cerēs.

• Hyphenation: Ce‧res

Ceres f

1. (Roman mythology) Ceres (goddess of agriculture)

Ceres m

1. (astronomy) Ceres (dwarf planet in the Solar System)

• cereal

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• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθeɾes/ [ˈθe.ɾes]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈseɾes/ [ˈse.ɾes]
• Rhymes: -eɾes
• Syllabification: Ce‧res

Ceres f

1. (Roman mythology) the Roman goddess of agriculture; equivalent to the Greek goddess Demeter

Ceres m

1. (astronomy) Ceres (dwarf planet)

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Ceres

1. Ceres (planet)