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Ceres

the daughter of Saturn and Ops

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Where it lives

Carmen Saeculare 1 · 32.36/10k
De Bissula 1 · 27.25/10k
de raptu Proserpinae 11 · 15.77/10k
Dirae, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 15.41/10k
Cento Nuptialis 1 · 7.33/10k
Ibis 2 · 5.09/10k
Fasti 15 · 4.81/10k
De Testimionio Animae 1 · 4.47/10k
Aulularia 3 · 4.34/10k
Culex, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 3.83/10k
Georgicon 5 · 3.53/10k
In C. Verrem 33 · 3.29/10k

Densest 12 of 69 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. Cĕrēs — Lewis & Short

Cĕrēs (cf.

Verg. G. 1, 96; Ov. F. 4, 615; Mart. 3, 58, 6), ĕris (

I gen. CERERVS, Inscr. Fabr. p. 626, 225; cf. Inscr. Orell. 1364), f. Sabini Cererem panem appellant, Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 7; prop. the goddess of creation (cf. Serv. l. l.), from the stem cer, Sanscr. kri, to make, the daughter of Saturn and Ops, Ov. F. 6, 285, sister of Jupiter and Pluto, mother of Proserpine, goddess of agriculture, esp. of the cultivation of corn, and of the growth of fruits in gen. (cf. Cerealis); represented as upon a chariot drawn by dragons, with a torch in her hand, and crowned with poppies or ears of corn, Ov. F. 4, 497; 4, 561; 3, 786; 4, 616; id. Am. 3, 10, 3; Tib. 1, 1, 15; 2, 1, 4; Verg. G. 1, 96; Hor. C. S. 30; cf. O. Müll. Archaeol. § 357 sq.: templum Desertae Cereris, deserted (because the temple was in a solitary, secluded place), Verg. A. 2, 714: Cereri nuptias facere, i. e. without wine, Plaut. Aul. 2, 6, 5; cf. Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 343.—From the names of places where she was worshipped, called Ceres Hennensis, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 107; Lact. 2, 4, 28: Catinensis, id. l. l.: Eleusina, id. 1, 21, 24: Milesia, id. 2, 7, 19; cf. Val. Max. 1, 1, ext. 5.—

B Ceres profunda or inferna, i. e. Proserpina, Stat. Th. 4, 460; 5, 156; cf.: sacerdos Cererum, Inscr. Orell. 6082.—

II Meton., food, bread, fruit, corn, grain, etc., Fest. s. v. cocus, p. 45; cf.: fruges Cererem appellamus, vinum autem Liberum, Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 60; Verg. G. 1, 297; id. A. 1, 177; 1, 701; Hor. C. 3, 24, 13; id. Epod. 16, 43; Ov. M. 3, 437; 8, 292; 11, 112 al.—Prov.: sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus, Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 6; cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 60.

2. Cerés — Walde–Hofmann

Cerés, -eris f. (zur Flexion Meillet-Vendryes 434, Brugmann II? 1, 522) ,urspr. Cóttin des pflanzlichen Wachstums, aber sehr früh, gleich der Telus (Terra Mäter), auch Totengottheit infolge Gleichsetzung mit der — durch osk. oder ev. etr. Vermittlung — rezipierten gr. An-uhrnp* (vgl. u. a. den mundus Cereris und die Indigitation Panda Cela, Wissowa Rel? 192ff. 297. PW. III 1970ff., Altheim Terra Mater 108ff. 146ff.; … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. Cerés, p. 236]

Where it came from

Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. Cerés (scan pp. 236-238; entry #621). Root candidates: *keres-, *kerso-, *ker-.

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