Ceres Definition

sîrēz
noun
The goddess of agriculture, daughter of Ops and Saturn: identified with the Greek Demeter.
Webster's New World
A dwarf planet orbiting the sun in the belt of asteroids between Mars and Jupiter: diameter, 950 km (590 mi)
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Plural form of cere.

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pronoun

(Roman mythology) The Roman goddess of agriculture; equivalent to the Greek goddess Demeter.

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(astronomy) A celestial body orbiting between Mars and Jupiter, the largest asteroid and innermost dwarf planet; officially called 1 Ceres.

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Origin of Ceres

  • Latin Cerēs, goddess of the bounty, akin to crēare (“to create”), crēscere (“to grow”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“to grow”). More at create.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin Cerēs ker-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Ceres Sentence Examples

  • The rites of Ceres were Greek in language and form.

  • In later times Ceres was confused with Tellus.

  • Here we have a series of celebrations representing the occupations of the successive seasons, addressed sometimes to numina who developed later on into the great gods of the state, such as Jupiter, Mars or Ceres, sometimes to vaguer divinities who remained always indefinite and rustic in character, such as Pales and Consus.

  • The Romans identified Demeter with their own Ceres.

  • The columns have marked entasis, and the flutings end in a semicircle, above which is generally a torus (always present in the so-called temple of Ceres).

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