caesaries
Latin
Etymology
Traditionally derived from a Proto-Indo-European *kéysero- (“(combed) hair”), and compared with Sanskrit केसर (késara, “hair”),[1] Lithuanian kai̇̃šti (“to plane, polish”).
De Vaan mentions the connections above, and posits a derivation from an original form *caesar, which may be related to the name Caesar, but notes the uncertainty of further origins.[2]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kae̯ˈsa.ri.eːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃeˈs̬aː.ri.es]
Noun
caesariēs f (genitive caesariēī); fifth declension
- (long, flowing, luxuriant) or (dark, beautiful) hair
- 1839 [8th century CE], Paulus Diaconus, edited by Karl Otfried Müller, Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum, page 57, line 14:
- Caesar, quod est cognomen Iuliorum, a caesarie dictus est, qui scilicet cum caesarie natus est.
- Caesar, which is the cognomen of the Iulii, is named for long hair, that is, he who was born with long hair.
Declension
Fifth-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | caesariēs | caesariēs |
| genitive | caesariēī | caesariērum |
| dative | caesariēī | caesariēbus |
| accusative | caesariem | caesariēs |
| ablative | caesariē | caesariēbus |
| vocative | caesariēs | caesariēs |
References
- ^ Wood, Indo-European Ax: Axi: Axu: A Study in Ablaut and in Word Formation
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “caesariēs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 81
Further reading
- “caesaries”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “caesaries”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “caesaries”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.