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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>cervus</b>: (old orthogr. cervŏs; cf. Quint. 1, 7, 26), i, m. kindr. [[with]] [[cornu]] and [[carina]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[stag]], a [[deer]], Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 112 sq.: alipedes, Lucr. 6, 765: [[fugax]], Hor. C. 4, 6, 34; Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 11: fugientes, Hor. C. 3, 12, 11: pavidi, Ov. F. 5, 173: surgentem in cornua, Verg. A. 10, 725 al.—As a [[type]] of [[fleetness]]: vincere cervum cursu, Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 27.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf. (from [[resemblance]] to the horns of a [[stag]]; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 117 Müll.): cervi, [[forked]] stakes. *<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> As supports of the [[vine]], Tert. Anim. 19.— More freq.,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In the [[art]] of [[war]], as a [[protection]] [[against]] the [[enemy]], a chevaux-defrise, Caes. B. G. 7, 72; Liv. 44, 11, 4; Tib. 4, 1, 84; Sil. 10, 414; Serv. ad Verg. E. 2, 29.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>cervus</b>,¹⁰ ī, m. (cf. [[κεραός]]),<br /><b>1</b> cerf : Cic. Tusc. 3, 69<br /><b>2</b> chevaux de frise : Cæs. G. 7, 72, 4<br /><b>3</b> échalas : Tert. Anim. 19.
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