Cerasus

Latin cerasus (“cherry”)

Cerasus m

1. (archaic) Prunus (genus)
2. Prunus subg. Cerasus (subgenus)

From Ancient Greek Κερασοῦς (Kerasoûs).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈke.ra.suːs/, [ˈkɛräs̠uːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.ra.sus/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːräs̬us]

Cerasūs f sg (genitive Cerasūntis); third declension

1. A town of Pontus situated west of Trapezus

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• “Cerasus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly