Ceres
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
Astronomy. the first asteroid to be discovered, being the largest and one of the brightest.
a town in central California.
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
Archaic. to wrap in or as if in a cerecloth, especially a corpse.
Obsolete. to wax.
Historical Examples
noun
the Roman goddess of agriculture Greek counterpart Demeter
noun
the smallest dwarf planet in the solar system, located in the asteroid belt. It has a diameter of 930 kilometres
noun
a soft waxy swelling, containing the nostrils, at the base of the upper beak in such birds as the parrot
verb
(transitive) to wrap (a corpse) in a cerecloth
Roman goddess of agriculture (identified with Greek Demeter), also the name given to the first-found and largest asteroid (discovered 1801); see cereal. Her festival, Cerealia, was April 10.
n.
late 15c., from French cire “wax” (12c.), from Latin cera “wax, wax seal, wax writing tablet,” related to Greek keros “beeswax,” of unknown origin.
Ceres
(sîr’ēz)
The largest asteroid and the first to be discovered, in 1801. Nearly spherical, it has a diameter of about 960 km (595 mi). The estimated total mass of all other asteroids in the asteroid belt is only about twice that of Ceres. See more at asteroid.
Ceres [(seer-eez)]
The Roman name for Demeter, the Greek and Roman goddess of agriculture.
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