cedrium

Latin

Alternative forms

cedreum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈke.dri.um/, [ˈkɛd̪riʊ̃ˑ] or IPA^(key): /ˈked.ri.um/, [ˈkɛd̪riʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.dri.um/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːd̪rium] or IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃed.ri.um/, [ˈt͡ʃɛd̪rium]

Noun

cedrium n (genitive cedriī or cedrī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	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.

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