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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=cernuus cernua, cernuum ADJ :: head foremost; falling headlong; face down, inclined/stooping/bowing forwards<br />cernuus cernuus cernui N M :: kind of shoe; tumbler (L+S); mountebank
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>cernŭus</b>: a, um, adj. [[root]] kar, v. [[celsus]]; cf. [[κάρηνον]], [[cerebrum]],<br /><b>I</b> [[with]] the [[face]] turned [[towards]] the [[earth]], inclined forwards, [[stooping]] or bowing forwards ([[very]] [[rare]] and [[only]] [[poet]].): [[cernuus]] dicitur [[proprie]] [[inclinatus]], [[quasi]] [[quod]] terram cernit, Non. p. 20, 33 sq.; Lucil. ib. p. 21, 1: ejectoque incumbit [[cernuus]] [[armo]], * Verg. A. 10, 894 (v. Serv. ad h. 1.): [[cernuus]] inflexo [[sonipes]] effuderat [[armo]], Sil. 10, 255 sq.; Arn. 7, p. 246.—Hence,<br /><b>II</b> That turns a somersault; a [[tumbler]], [[mountebank]], [[κυβιστητήρ]], [[πεταυριστής]], Lucil. ap. Non. p. 21, 6; Varr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 894; cf. Gloss. Philox.: cernuli πεταυρισταί.<br /><b>cernŭus</b>: i, m.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[kind]] of [[shoe]], acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 55 Müll., and Isid. Orig. 19, 34, 13.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>cernŭus</b>,¹⁶ a, um (*cersnuus, cf. [[cerebrum]]), qui se courbe ou tombe en avant : [[equus]] incumbit [[cernuus]] Virg. En. 10, 894, le cheval s’abat la tête en avant.<br />(2) <b>cernŭus</b>, ī, m., saltimbanque, bateleur : Lucil. d. Non. 21, 6 &#124;&#124; espèce de guêtre : P. Fest. 55, 6 ; Isid. Orig. 19, 34, 13.||espèce de guêtre : P. Fest. 55, 6 ; Isid. Orig. 19, 34, 13.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=cernuus, a, um. ''adj''. :: [[垂頭 俯首]]
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