cedrium

Latin

Alternative forms

cedreum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɛ.dri.ũː], [ˈkɛd.ri.ũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.d̪ri.um], [ˈt͡ʃɛd̪.ri.um]

Noun

cedrium n (genitive cedriī or cedrī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	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.