cerasium

Meaning

1. neutercherry, fruit of the cherry tree
   cerasia alvum molliunt, stomacho inutilia; eadem siccata alvum sistunt, urinam cient.Translation by W. H. S. Jones Cherries relax the bowels, but are injurious to the stomach; dried cherries arrest looseness of the bowels and are diuretic.77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 23.72.141
   Ceterum si propterea Liber deus, quod vitem demonstravit, male cum Lucullo actum est, qui primus cerasia ex Ponto Italiae promulgavit, quod non est propterea consecratus ut frugis novae auctor, qui ostensor.But if Bacchus is made a god because he discovered the grapevine, Lucullus, who first introduced cherries from Pontus to Italy, has not been fairly dealt with; for as the discoverer of a new fruit, he has not, as though he were its creator, been awarded divine honours.c. 160 CE – c. 225 CE, Tertullianus, Apologeticus 11.8

Declension

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κερᾰ́σῐον (kerắsĭon, “cherry (fruit)”).

In English words that came into English from cerasium

• cherryceresia
• ceriseceresia