Cerasus

Latin cerasus (“cherry”)

Cerasus m

1. Certain cherry trees
   1. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – Prunus.
   2. A taxonomic subgenus within the genus Prunus – Prunus subg. Cerasus.
   3. (uncommon) A taxonomic section within the subgenus Prunus subg. Cerasus – Prunus sect. Cerasus.

From Ancient Greek Κερασοῦς (Kerasoûs).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɛ.ra.suːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.ra.s̬us]

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