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|lshtext=<b>Cĕrēs</b>: (cf. Verg. G. 1, 96; Ov. F. 4, 615; Mart. 3, 58, 6), ĕris (<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> [[Ceres]] profunda or inferna, i. e. [[Proserpina]], Stat. Th. 4, 460; 5, 156; cf.: [[sacerdos]] Cererum, Inscr. Orell. 6082.—<br /><b>II</b> [[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.